Two white cubs in Delhi Zoo will turn one on Saturday, on the occasion of which the authorities will carry out a cake-cutting ceremony and organise a special feast for the animals.
After being closed for 105 days, Delhi's National Zoological Park reopened for the public on August 02. The zoo was temporarily shut due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital during the second wave. On the first day, more than 92 per cent of tickets were sold. However, the visitors have to strictly follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
Three and a half months after it was temporarily shut due to a surge in coronavirus cases during the second wave, the Delhi Zoo reopened today.
Delhi Zoo reopened for the public on Thursday after remaining closed for almost a year due to the Covid lockdown. Excitement was palpable among the visitors but faced issues in getting online tickets while social distancing norms went for a toss at the entry gate.
In the light of the bird flu outbreak, seven serological samples of droppings of birds and environments collected by Delhi's Animal Husbandry Department from four different points of the Zoo was sent to NIHSAD in Bhopal, have tested positive for the bird flu.
A dead owl in the Delhi zoo has been found to have been infected with bird flu, officials said on Saturday. "The zoo witnessed the death of a brown fish owl in its captivity.Its cloacal, tracheal and ocular swabs were sent to the animal husbandry unit of the Delhi government for serological examination," zoo Director Ramesh Pandey said.
The Delhi zoo has got a Royal Bengal tigress, the first in six years, from the Kanpur zoo for breeding proposes under an animal exchange programme, officials said on Thursday. The tigress, Barkha, is six years old. She will form a pair with Karan, who is also aged around 6.
Akhila, an 11-year-old lioness, died at the Delhi zoo on Tuesday after suffering from paralysis for nine years. Officials said the lioness had developed "pulmonary-renal complications."
The famous white tigress 'Kalpana' died in Delhi zoo due to renal failure and not due to coronavirus, officials said on Friday. The 13-year-old tigress died on Wednesday evening. The famous white tigress 'Kalpana' died in Delhi zoo due to renal failure and not due to coronavirus, officials said on Friday. The 13-year-old tigress died on Wednesday evening.
An eight-year-old Bengal tiger died in the Delhi zoo on Friday due to "multiple organ failure", officials said. Rama died around 1 pm on Friday.
An animal keeper was on Tuesday morning attacked by an "unwell and distressed" Bengal tiger in the Delhi Zoo when he went to fill the water bowl of the feline, officials said.
The cape buffalo, a species found only in Africa, died on August 27. Veterinary Officer Abhijit Bhawal who conducted the postmortem found a plastic-like material in the stomach of the animal, an official said.
The last chinkara of the National Zoological Park, commonly known as the Delhi zoo, has died, an official said on Wednesday.
With eight more birds succumbing to avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, authorities have shut down Delhi Zoo and city’s infamous Deer Park and warned people not to touch any dead bird.
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