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BENGALURU: To ensure the safety of zoo keepers, veterinarians and animals, proper training and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be in place for all zoos. This was one of the observations made at a meeting of representatives of zoo managements of Karnataka, heads of the forest department and officials of the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) held recently. The officials were instructed to look for the best practices in zoos of other states and get details of operations from the Centra ...Read More >
Mysuru: Mysuru zoo, which lost two of its inmates in the recent past, is now working on introducing new animals and awaiting approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).A lion-tailed macaque died of multiple organ failure, and a few weeks earlier, a jaguar also passed away after being displayed for over a decade. The 133-year-old Mysuru zoo has an adequate number of lion-tailed macaques, given it has a breeding centre. However, as the facility lost an exotic animal, the jaguar. The zoo is now ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the Vantara Wildlife Centre case of Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Supreme Court has asked if someone wants to keep an elephant and does so by following all the rules, then what is wrong with it? The court said this while completing the hearing of the case on Monday, September 15, 2025. However, the court has not passed any order yet. The report of the Special Investigation Team was also presented in today's hearing. A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court demanding a thorough investigation ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Based on the finding of an SC-appointed SIT headed by its retired judge J Chelameswar who told the court there had been no violation of law in the running of Vantara (Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre) at Jamnagar in Gujarat, the apex court on Monday not only closed the case against it but also directed that no further complaint upon same allegations shall be entertained before any judicial statutory or administrative forum.A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasan ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday said there was "no contravention of law" while accepting a clean chit given by its special investigation team to Vantara, the zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre in Gujarat's Jamnagar. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and P B Varale took the SIT's report on record besides noting the probe team's satisfaction on the compliance and regulatory measures in Vantara. The top court on August 25 constituted a four-member SIT headed by a form ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth ...Read More >
Kanpur: The zoo is set to resume operations from Tuesday, enabling visitors to view the animals. This reopening comes after receiving approval from the chief wildlife warden, following confirmation that all animals are infection-free.The zoo had to be closed when Pataudi, a lion brought from the Gorakhpur zoo for medical treatment, tested positive for bird flu at IVRI Bareilly, after which the zoo was shut down and classified as a red zone on May 13. The situation worsened with the deaths of a p ...Read More >
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