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Four diesel-run vehicles on rails for Vandalur
CHENNAI: The Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, will run four diesel-operated vehicles on rails for visitors to the safari in the park from January 14. This will be in addition to the five battery-operated vehicles for the lion safaris.
“This is good news. The new vehicles will be a boon to senior citizens like us,” said [...]
Plan afoot to make Nandankanan a world class zoo
Kalinga Times Correspondent
Bhubaneswar, Dec 29: As Nandankanan Zoological Park observed its 49th foundation day on Monday, the authorities said that they have decided to revise the master plan for next 20 years with a vision to transform it into a world class zoo.
“We look to a future where our zoo continues to grow as an [...]
Terror scare at SV zoo park
TIRUPATI: Three youths who trespassed into Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in the early hours of Wednesday, caused a terror scare, sending the TTD security staff and police into tizzy.
Initially, the trio were suspected to be terrorists or poachers. Finally, it was confirmed that the trio were students who trespassed into the zoo park in an [...]
Injured panther cub being treated at Vandalur
CHENNAI: A 45-day-old panther cub, which was injured after falling from a tree in Naickenpalayam near Coimbatore on Saturday, is undergoing treatment at the veterinary hospital at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur. The condition of the cub, which arrived by car around 7.30 am on Sunday after covering a distance of nearly 600 [...]
22Dec2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedZoo snake house to be revamped
Ahmedabad: The cramped snake house at Kamla Nehru Zoo in Kankaria is set to get a new makeover. Soon, visitors will be able to view the unique collection of native and exotic snakes in their natural surroundings. For that, one has to first enter the giant belly of pre-historic dinosaur-shaped dome. The reptiles will [...]
22Dec2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedBreeding centre for pangolins
Cuttack, Dec. 7: The Nandan Kanan Zoological Park will soon house a captive breeding centre for Indian pangolins under a rear-and-release project introduced by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).
The special programme is also aimed at documenting the behavioural pattern and reproductive characteristic of the endangered nocturnal insectivore.
Sources said CZA particularly chose Nandan Kanan Zoological Park [...]
New born Sambar at Zoological Park
Dimapur, November 30 (MExN): Within just three months of its inauguration, the Nagaland Zoological Park at Rangapahar has witnessed its first birth when a young Sambar deer was born on November 27, informed Obed Bohovi Swu, Officer-in-charge Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar. Both the mother and the young deer has been examined by a Veterinary Doctor [...]
1Dec2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued15 feet Python operated on
Dimapur, November 23 (MExN): For the first time in the state’s history, a seriously injured python was successfully operated upon and medically treated by a team of veterinary doctors from Veterinary Hospital, Dimapur, on November 21.
The team, led by Dr. L G Zhimomi, Deputy Director, includes Dr. Asenuo Linye, veterinary assistant surgeon, and wildlife staff [...]
Tawny two find home in Tata zoo - Leopards from Kaziranga National Park reach Jamshedpur; efforts on to bring Asiatic lions
JAYESH THAKER
Jamshedpur, Nov. 20: He is brawny and handsome. She is bold and beautiful. They are the perfect couple every four-legged neighbour at Tata Steel Zoological Park will now envy.
After almost eight months of endeavour, the zoo authorities have finally managed to bring a pair of leopards — the most secretive and elusive of large [...]
Leopard duo travel to new home
Guwahati, Nov. 15: Two leopards embarked on an 84-hour journey to Jamshedpur from here today.
The animals have been sent to the Tata Steel Zoological Society in Jamshedpur in exchange of six blackbucks that arrived at the state zoo on Thursday night and were released in their enclosure yesterday.
Assam has also sent two barking deer [...]