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 …
The concept of zoos has undergone a sea change in the past couple of decades. Zoos are no longer meant to serve as showpieces, exhibiting wildlife in confinement. Rather, these are supposed to serve long-term needs of conservation by facilitating research on diverse aspects of wildlife and their management. On …
MUMBAI: Acting on the directives of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), which were issued during the approval of the Rs 434-crore Byculla zoo makeover plan last year, the BMC has completed a survey to ascertain the number of trees there. The civic body's ambitious modernisation plan for the zoo hit …
There was a time when the migratory birds used to flock to the Lucknow Zoological Garden in huge numbers. But now their numbers have decreased over the years owing to the increased traffic on the Park Road and the growing urbanisation of the city. There are very few birds visible …
BHUBANESWAR: Indian zoos are all set to join the international community. The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has decided to add the large and medium zoos of India to a global network of Zoo Information System (ZIMS). The move promises to take zoo management to another level with initiation of Animal …
Mumbai: The state is all set to get its first leopard safari. Theforest department has decided to set up such safaris at three places in the state -- near Belwandi in Ahmednagar district, at Manikdoh in Pune district and at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. The Central Zoo Authority passed …
In order to chalk out a uniform policy with regard to the management of the zoos, all the zoos in the country have been asked to prepare an action plan by March 31, said Meera Saxena, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Forests, Environment and Ecology and Chairperson, Zoo Authority of Karnataka. …
R. Rajaram TIRUCHI: A comprehensive master plan of the zoological park to be established inside the Reserve Forest (RF) at M.R. Palayam near here has reached the final stage of preparation and would be submitted to the State government within this month. The Forest Department has incorporated a wide range …
Chandigarh: With the tricity shivering under heavy cold conditions, special arrangements have been made for the various animals at the Chhatbir zoo to keep them warm. Apart from special huts built for the purpose, dietary changes have been introduced and a large number of jute mats and heat converters placed …
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 …
Mohali: Nocturnal animals at the Zoological Park in Chhatbir will soon have special houses for them to live in. Visitors will be able to watch the natural behaviour of these animals in
GUWAHATI, Dec 8: The outbreak of bird flu in Assam is confirmed after laboratory tests. Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden has come up with various precautionary measures inside and in the surrounding areas of the zoo in the wake culling operations which had started in the state. The zoo …
From Shyam Sundar Vattam, Mysore: Authorities at the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Park, Mysore, are finding hard to push for the adoption of elephants because of the 'jumbo' cost involved in it. There has been just one instance of a pachyderm being adopted. The zoo has fixed a sum of Rs …
The Assam State Zoo has received the green signal for breeding a rare species of pheasants, a measure that brings in fresh hope to an endangered bird of the region. It is also a development that has reinforced the zoo
As many as 66 animals including four common leopards, two of which cubs, died at the Marghazar Zoo over the past five years. This was disclosed by Cabinet Division Minister In-Charge Babar Awan in a written reply to a query in the National Assembly on Wednesday. According to details, there …
The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has launched a nation-wide conservation breeding of 63 critically endangered species. Such a programme had been mooted in 1992, but it did not take off for various reasons.
