Zoos

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding the running of Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, 16/08/2022

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kanhaiya Kumar Vs Central Zoo Authority & Others dated 16/08/2022. The petitioner prays that in the interest of the public and the wildlife and animals, Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (respondent 2) should be banned from acquiring animals …

Accused in theft of Brazilian monkeys remanded

Ananya Dutta KOLKATA One of the accused in the theft of eight exotic monkeys from the Alipore Zoological Garden on August 9 was remanded in police custody for 10 days here on Sunday. Sujoy Das, alias Bubai, was apprehended from his Dum Dum residence late on Saturday evening and produced …

Monkeys stolen from zoo recovered

Seven of the eight marmosets stolen from Alipore Zoo on August 9 were recovered by a crime branch team of Durg in Chhattisgarh tonight. One person has been arrested and is being questioned by Chhattisgarh police. The newly elected director of Alipore Zoo, Raju Das, said:

African Experts Study Escaped Hippos In Colombia

African zoologists are in Colombia to advise local authorities on what to do with dozens of hippos roaming around the abandoned zoo of late drug lord Pablo Escobar in the north of the country. Colombia was shocked last month at news that one of the giant beasts, who had escaped …

Rs 433-crore Byculla zoo makeover plan takes off

Shreya Bhandary, TNN 27 August 2009, 02:02am IST MUMBAI: The Byculla Zoo revamp project saw a "political'' inauguration-by Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Gopinath Munde-on Wednesday. BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak was also present. This Rs 433-crore project was conceptualised two years ago, but was facing flak …

They shower love on zoo animals

Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Gerald Durrell would have been thrilled. The well-known wildlife conservationist and best-selling author would have definitely given a thumb

Kankaria zoo awaits Centres nod to house giraffes

Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The 30-feethigh enclosures are ready. People who would look after them have been trained. But the grand and awe-inspiring sight of long-legged giraffes walking in Kamla Nehru Zoological garden in Kankaria still remains a distant dream. It was supposed to be a new year gift …

U.K. Zoo Explores Vertical Farming For A New Angle On Animal Feed

A zoo in the United Kingdom has come up with a novel approach to locally sourcing some of its food for animals and dealing with the challenge of limited space: vertical farming. The Paignton Zoo in South Devon, working with Valcent Products (Eu) Limited and its VertiCrop farming system, has …

Tiger and lion to roar in Gandhinagar

Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Roars of

Alipore Zoo director suspended

Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: The director of the Alipore Zoological Gardens, Subir Chaudhuri, was suspended here on Monday evening even as the authorities of the State

Alipore zoo chief suspended over missing monkeys

Kolkata: Police went on a wild-goose chase throughout Monday to recover the 8 common marmosets stolen from the Alipore zoo on Sunday, even as reports of sightings surfaced from all over the city and the outskirts. The police also arrested two zoo guards

8 monkeys stolen from zoo, worth $3,000 a pair

Kolkata: Eight Brazilian monkeys found in only two zoos in India were stolen on Saturday night from Alipore Zoological Gardens. The theft of the Common Marmosets

Eight exotic monkeys stolen from Alipore Zoo

Ananya Dutta Kolkata: Eight Brazilian marmoset monkeys were stolen from the Alipore Zoological Gardens after the netting of the enclosure in which they were kept was prised open on Saturday night, zoo authorities said here on Sunday.

Zoo officials on toes after tiger attack

Aug. 6: The authorities at the Nehru Zoological Park adopted more precautionary measures at the zoo after a man

Indian national studbook of snow leopard (Uncia uncia)

Due to the threats and the declining population trends the species has been listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act (1972) of India and is listed as endangered inthe 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The present studbook of snow leopard has been compiled for the India …

Nandan Kanan gets health cover

No unnatural tiger deaths in Orissa zoo since 10 died in 2000 The day in the Nandan Kanan Zoo begins at 8 am with two veterinary doctors and the keepers making rounds of the animal and bird enclosures, administering medicines and vaccines where required. Health records of the animals in …

A school for monkeys in Punjab

Vrinda Sharma CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has sought clearance from the Central Zoo Authority to set up an ultra-modern facility to tame, rehabilitate and teach manners to rogue monkeys. The first-of-its-kind monkey school will provide inmates with medical care and good-behaviour training.

Nandankanan Zoo records first captive bred pango

BHUBANESWAR: The sighting of a baby pangolin in the breeding centre of Nandankanan Zoological Park here has brought cheer to conservationists as this is for the first time that these toothless mammals have successfully bred in captivity in India. On Friday, the CCTV footage of the breeding centre brought up …

CAG pulls up zoo authority

The CAG said the authority functions

Environment ministry, customs dept initiate action in white tigers case

The federal government has blacklisted a suspected wildlife trafficker, while a case has also been registered against the firm for illegally bringing four rare white tigers into the country, it has been learnt here reliably. According to highly placed sources, the federal environment ministry has blacklisted the firm, Marine World, …

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