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 …
Despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s Rs 150-crore revamp plan to bring Byculla Zoo up to international standards by 2014, animal lovers in the city believe untrained staff and security issues will continue to pose a problem to the animals’ wellbeing. The BMC’s revamp project aims at constructing a world-class, …
GUWAHATI: State Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided to carry out the conservation breeding of the five endangered species Rhino, Golden Languer, Golden Cat, Sherrow and Grey Peacock Pheasant in the zoo. In conservation breeding, animals are left to breed in human controlled environments with restricted settings such as wildlife …
New Delhi: The master layout plan for the National Zoological Park, Delhi, has finally been unveiled. The Rs176-crore makeover, hope the zoo authorities, will bring the city zoo up to international standards. The front of the zoo will have a swanky visitors’ centre. “There is four-five acres of space in …
As many as twelve deers at Chhatbir Zoo have died over the past five months, with the latest death being reported on October 10. However, no inquiry has been marked in this regard as the officials claim that each of the deaths has been due to natural causes. The average …
MUMBAI: Four months after its ambitious plan to revamp the Byculla zoo was rejected , the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a new proposal for the zoo. The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) rejected the BMC's Rs 480-crore proposal on May 11, saying it was impractical and ignored …
Every year, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests spends substantial amount of money on the upkeep of national parks, biosphere reserves, sanctuaries and zoos. But there is little information available on how well the funds are spent. Now the Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the ministry to assess …
Funds were not received over the last two years, according to official The night safari project, proposed inside the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre near the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, has been deferred by the State Government. A communication to this effect was sent to the zoo authorities during the …
JHARGRAM, 14 SEPT: Two spotted deer, one monkey and a camel died of infectious tuberculosis at Jhargram Deer Park in West Midnapore in the past two days. A culture of the lung tissue of the dead animals revealed tuberculosis bacilli, typed as M. Tuberculosis on the basis of standard bio-chemical …
The Government has given ‘in-principle' nod to set up a breeding centre for the endangered white tigers in Madhya Pradesh as part of conservation efforts. An Environment and Forests Ministry official said the Central Zoo Authority has given ‘in principle' approval for the breeding centre at Govindgarh in Madhya Pradesh. …
AHMEDABAD: The highest animal mortality in zoos of the country was reported from Gujarat. Of the 2,910 zoo animal deaths in a year across India, 380 were in Gujarat. In Kankaria zoo in Ahmedabad, 150 animals died in the last one year. This zoo has over 2,000 animals. After Gujarat …
Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam announced in the state assembly on Friday that 200 acres of the Aarey dairy will be acquired for the international zoo at Goregaon. The project will be implemented by the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra on the build- operate -transfer (BOT) basis. He said that the …
MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra personally appeared in the Delhi high court on Thursday following the summons issued by it on the issue of the civic agency’s alleged failure in preventing sewer water entering the zoo area and contaminating its water body during monsoon. Taking a serious view of the issue, …
Concerned over the declining numbers of the baaz or Eastern Gosh Hawk, Punjab is all set to build a breeding centre for its State bird. Forest and Wildlife Minister Arunesh Shakir on Sunday said the Shiromani Akali Dal
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Wednesday summoned the chief of Municipal Corporation of Delhi to appear before it and explain the civic body's failure to repair a drain pipe discharging contaminated water in a waterbody in the city zoo, leading to death of several black bucks. A division …
JODHPUR: After Jaipur, it's now Jodhpur which will soon have a new address for the wildlife, kept in zoo currently. Being developed as a natural habitat for the wildlife and a tourist spot, Machia Biological Park, the work of which is under progress, will be opened for people by 2012 …
Under the peacock-breeding project launched by the Punjab Government, zookeepers at the Chhatbir Zoo will collect 50 peacock eggs from the lion safari here and send them to Bathinda to increase the peacock population in its Bir Talab forest and its adjoining areas. Increasing urbanisation and use of pesticides has …
NEW DELHI: Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh has proposed a common master plan for the Delhi zoo and adjoining Purana Qila. In a visit to the zoo on Monday to inspect Municipal Corporation of Delhi's work on sewer rehabilitation, the minister said both the places would benefit tremendously if …
The problem of contaminated water and its back flow at Delhi Zoo would be sorted out by this year end, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said. Mr. Ramesh visited the zoo on Monday and inspected the work being carried out on the Municipal Corporation …
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the premier institution involved in finding, studying and classifying the vast animal population of the country, has 75 scientists. It also employs about 300 non-scientists.
Federal Minister for Environment, Samina Khalid Ghurki has said that wildlife is a beauty of the nature and all possible resources must be used for its conservation. National Council for Conservation of Wildlife (NCCW) should play its pro-active role to manage the issues of wildlife throughout the country by implementing …
