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Vandalur zoo boasts of rare species, but reeks of poor maintenance

CHENNAI: To remove eight-year-old S Girinandanan’s fear of animals, his father V Satish Kumar took him to the Vandalur zoo on Wednesday. He is no longer scared of animals, but he fears to go into a toilet. Girinandanan had come shrieking out of the toilet in the zoo. Kumar later explained the condition of the [...]

6Feb2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Over 12 deer found dead in Vandalur Zoo

CHENNAI: In the last fortnight, more than a dozen spotted deer have been killed by jackals inside the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur, on   Under Attack the city’s outskirts. According to zoo officials, over the last fortnight, some spotted deer in the free range zone — an open area which makes up the [...]

24Oct2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued