Friday, April 06, 2007
Byculla Zoo to be improved
Mumbai, April 7 (PTI): Nine-year-old lioness Jimmy looks up quizzically from a mid-afternoon snooze - "is it mealtime already?". Her leopard friend greets the passing zoo official with only a tip-of-the-tail-wag. "It can't be time yet", she knows. Jimmy and her friends, ensconced at historic Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan (VJBU), are to be shaken up soon, in the first-ever major overall revamp of their surroundings.
Byculla Zoo, is being transformed into a "global entity in keeping with trends in the country". Ambitious "imports" include zebras and giraffes.
The 52-acre plot handed over to BMC in 1873, will be regraphed continent-wise with efforts to locate the animals in surroundings close to their natural habitats. Also the zoo's topography which at present resembles a game reserve will receive a "beautification treatment" with the placement of a waterbody in the centre, better cages, educative mapping and varied flora.
Meanwhile, zoo officials say, "the idea is to better sensitise people to our four and two legged friends... we want it to be an interactive process, of education and better awareness, of harmony and inner peace".
Byculla Zoo, is being transformed into a "global entity in keeping with trends in the country". Ambitious "imports" include zebras and giraffes.
The 52-acre plot handed over to BMC in 1873, will be regraphed continent-wise with efforts to locate the animals in surroundings close to their natural habitats. Also the zoo's topography which at present resembles a game reserve will receive a "beautification treatment" with the placement of a waterbody in the centre, better cages, educative mapping and varied flora.
Meanwhile, zoo officials say, "the idea is to better sensitise people to our four and two legged friends... we want it to be an interactive process, of education and better awareness, of harmony and inner peace".
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