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EDITORIAL BOARD

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CHIEF ADVISOR

EDITOR IN CHIEF

EDITORIAL TECHNICAL

EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Prakash JavadekarMinister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (Independent Charge) and Chairperson,Central Zoo Authority, Government of India

Dr. S. S. GarbyalDirector General of Forest & Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India

B. S. BonalMember SecretaryCentral Zoo Authority

Inder DhamijaDeputy Inspector General (HQ)

Dr. Brij Kishor GuptaEvaluation & Monitoring Officer,

Dr. Devender Kumar Scientific Officer,

Vivek Goel

EDITOR

Conservation Breeding Programme Management and Breeding History of Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus Johnii) At Arignar Anna Zological Park, Vandalur, Chennai

Nandankanan - Conservation Success Story

Bio-diversity at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore

Ex-situ Bio-diversity Conservation (Special Focus on Captive Animals)

School of Planning & Architecture

Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) is a type of Old World monkey found in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Kodayar Hills in Tamil Nadu, and many other hilly areas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

CZA News

CONTENTS

July - September, 2014 e x - s i t u u p d a t e s1

From the Desk of the Member Secretary

The 27th meeting of the Central Zoo Authority was held on 12th September, 2014 at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh in new Delhi. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and Chairperson, Central Zoo Authority chaired the meeting. On this occassion, Hon’ble Minister released a book on “Zoos in India, 2014” and launched a portal for online grant of recognition to zoos and monitoring of zoos as well as E-Archival and retrieval management system.

As you are aware that the Central Zoo Authority under the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change is hosting the 69th annual conference of World Association and Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) preceded by annual meeting of Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) during 2-6 November, 2014 and 30 October-2 November, 2014 respectively at New Delhi with the theme “Biodiversity is Us”. In view of this, the issue covers introductory information on the Faunal Biodiversity of India housed in Indian Zoos. The issue also highlights the faunal Divrsity housed in Nandankanan Biological Park, Bhubaneswar and Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore.

Conservation Breeding Programme is a fl agship programme of CZA and the issue highlights the breeding programme of Nilgiri langur at Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, Chennai. Coordination meetings on Conservation Breeding Programme for Lion tailed-macaque and One-horned rhinoceros was convened during August this year. Coordinating and Participatory Centres as well as subject experts took part in the meeting wherein various issues regarding the breeding programme were discussed and fi nalized.

The issue also highlights various decisions taken during the Technical Committee Meetings of Central Zoo Authority which were convened twice during this period.

B. S. BonalMember Secretary, Central Zoo Authority

Conservation Breeding

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of CZA and the

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of Nilgiri langur

at Arignar Anna

Zoological Park,

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India is a mega-diversity coun-try, is among the top ten nations endowed with the world richest

biodiversity. It immense biological diversity represents about 7% of the world’s fl ora and 6.5% of the world’s fauna. There are about 614 species of amphibians and reptiles, 1300 species of birds and 350 species of mammals in India. Among the larger animals, 173 species of mammals, 78 species of birds and 15 species of reptiles are considered threatened. Zoos have been established all over the country and represent the rich faunal diversity of the country. A good number of zoos also house ex-otic animals.

The Government of India established the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) in the year 1992 to monitor the func-tioning of the zoos in the country and to enforce the minimum standards of upkeep and care of animals by an amendment of the Wildlife (Protec-tion) Act, 1972 in the year 1992. The major objective of the zoos was to complement and strengthen the national eff orts of conservation of rich biodiversity of the country par-ticularly wild fauna as was defi ned in the National Zoo Policy adopted in 1998. The objective was to be achieved by supporting conservation breeding programmes of endangered

species to augment their population in wild by reintroduction of captive bred animals. The conservation edu-cation and research for preserving and popularizing the wildlife were the other identifi ed objectives of zoos. The National Wildlife Action Plan (2002-2016) also identifi ed ex-situ breeding and reintroduction of endangered wild fauna as the most important conservation action of the zoos in India. The introductions were to be carried out following the Inter-national Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncin)

There are 192 recognized zoos in the country (including circuses) as per the inventory report 2013-14. The zoos are classifi ed based on the Recognition of Zoo Rules, 1992 into large, medium, small and mini zoos on the basis of six criteria including number of animals and species of en-dangered species housed, number of

animals and species held, number of visitors and area of the zoos. There are 81 major zoos in the country which house over 49755 animals of various taxonomic orders including exotic fauna. The Mammals form the largest numbers (41.9%) of the cap-tive animals followed by birds(40.4%) and reptiles (17.5%). There is just one amphibian and no species of Fish or of lower orders. There are 15 rescue-centres where the rescued wild ani-mals are housed till they are able to released back in the wild. There are 22circuseswhich are recognized as care centre of elephant by the Cen-tral Zoo Authority which house few animals which are mostly mammals and birds.

Himalayan Slalamancler

Over 20109 birds of 153 speciesof 16 taxonomic orders, which occur within the country, are housed at 192 zoos in the country. Five criti-cally endangered species according to IUCN criteria, White-backed Vul-

Ex-situ Bio-diversity Conservation(Special Focus on Captive Animals)

SPOTLIGHT

B. S. Bonal


ture (Gyps bengalensis), Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus), Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps teniurostris), King Vul-ture (Sarcogyps calvus) and Forest Spotted Owlet (Athene blewitti) are housed at the zoos. There were 37 endangered species displayed at the zoo which are listed on the Sched-ule ‒ I and II under Wildlife (Protec-tion) Act, 1972, Government of India. Three species Grey Jungle Fowl (Gal-lus sonneratii) Red Spur Fowl (Gal-loperidix lunulata) and Blue Winged Parakeet (Psittaculacolumboides) housed in the zoos are endemic to India.

Vulture

Only 25% (n=350) of the mammalian diversity found in wild was housed in the zoos in India. The mega fauna of Indian wildlife was well represented in the zoos across the country. The Elephants, Rhinoceros, Bison, Ti-ger, Himalayan bear and Sloth bear were housed in good numbers. The common and abundantly found wild ungulates were in good number spe-cially which do not require any spe-cial husbandry and care. There was however hardly any representation of lesser mammals. The rodents were very poorly represented. Only 8.5% (n=47) of endemic mammals were represented in the zoos. None of the ten critically endangered mammals were housed in the zoos.

Phyre’s Leaf Monkey

Forty species of snakes, twenty spe-cies of turtle and tortoise, six species of lizards and a species of chameleon formed the reptilian captive fauna of the zoos. The Star Tortoise (Geoch-eloneelegans) was the most popular exhibit among tortoises and turtles and was housed at 39 zoos with 1042 individuals. Among lizards, the Indian Monitor Lizard Varanusben-galensis was seen in maximum num-ber of zoos (n=28) with a population of 78 individuals in captivity. Over 2386 individuals of Mugger (Croco-dyluspalustris) were in 64 zoos. The Indian Rock Python (Pythonmolu-rus) was the commonest snake kept in captivity in 55 zoos with 362 in-dividuals.

King Cobra

There is some information avail-able on the longevity and survival of animals in the zoos. The White-backed Vultures in Hyderabad zoo are known to be in captivity for over thirty years (Director zoo pers. com-

ms). This information on survival of species is new to science and will be helpful in its conservation breeding programme.

With the rapid habitat degradation because of human activities, the populations of lot of species are de-clining rapidly and many are on the verge of extinction. The ex-situ con-servation has now become an im-portant or perhaps the only tool to save species from going extinct. The Central Zoo Authority has initiated Conservation Breeding Programme of 23 species out of 26 prioritized among 73 identifi ed endangered species including birds in the zoos. The planned conservation breeding programme of critically endangered species was taken up by CZA since 2005. A concept paper was pre-pared by the conservation breeding programme was developed by CZA in July 2007. Accordingly, a zoo in the natural distribution of the ani-mal or bird which was listed for con-servation breeding programme was identifi ed as the coordinating zoo for the species. The zoo was asked and was supported for creating off -display area in the zoo for setting up conservation breeding programme. Supporting zoos were identifi ed for the same species if they had the ani-mals housed in the zoos.

Mouse Deer


27th meeting of the Central Zoo Authority was held on 12th September, 2014 under the chairmanship of Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India and Chairperson, Central Zoo Authority in Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi. On this occassion, Hon’ble Minsiter released a book on “Zoos in India, 2014” and launched a portal for online grant of recognition to zoos and monitoring of zoos as well as E-Archival and retrieval management system. Other dignataries present during the meeting were Shri Ashok Lavasa Secretary, MoEF&CC, Shri S.S. Garbyal, DGF & SS, MoEF&CC, Shri S. Mohanty Addl. Secy. & FA, MoEF&CC besides the Members of the Technical Committee of CZA..

The CZA encourages zoos to take up the conservation breeding pro-gramme by organizing workshops for the zoo personnel in various as-pects of conservation breeding in-cluding housing, husbandry and vet-erinary care in captivity. It has been advised to the zoos to strive to keep as many as possible local, endemic and endangered species and devel-op protocols for housing, husbandry and care and breeding programme.

A good number of exotic species were housed in various zoos of the country. There are 80 species of birds, 35 species of mammals and 15 species of reptiles.

Ostrich

The emphasis of CZA in the next ten year is detailed in the document Vi-

sion 2020. Based on the document, CZA plans to create one model zoo in each of the Indian state with state-of-the-art facilities and husbandry and care. Only a small percentage of wildlife of the country is represent-ed in the zoos in the country. Only 12% species of birds and 25% spe-cies of mammals are housed in zoos. The percentage of reptiles housed is still smaller. There is just one am-phibian housed and no fi sh or lower forms of the animals housed in the zoos. A large number of birds, rep-tiles and amphibians are endemic to this country. 13 species of birds, 10 species of mammals, 6 species of reptiles, 20 species of amphib-ians, 5 species of fi sh and, 2 species of spider and a species of coral are critically endangered and are on the verge of extinction. CZA based on its document 2020 will strive to have more critically endangered, en-demic and native species in the zoos on display as well as for breeding programme. The lesser known In-dian fauna is also very attractive and would make good display animals, of course will require additional facili-ties. Getting experience of keeping as many native species as possible will equip the zoos to initiate conserva-

tion measure if the population status of species gets endangered in wild. The resources should not be wasted in housing exotic animals.

The zoos are very popular in India and a place for recreation. Around 5 crore people visit zoos in Indian ev-ery year and the number shoots up during vacations. All the major zoos have detailed signages in front of the enclosure given information of the status, distribution, habits and its peculiar habits. The large zoos have interactive interpretation centers and have developed literature of the animal housed in captivity. The CZA supports the Centre for Environment Education in developing educational material and manuals.

The CZA is developing linkages with zoos authorities in neighboring coun-tries specially Nepal and countries in South-East Asia like Singapore. The Zoo personnel are invited from SAARC countries during specialize workshop like husbandry, zoo design and veterinary care organized by the CZA.

(The author is Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority)

27TH MEETING OF THE CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY


INTRODUCTION

The Nilgiri langur (Trachypith-ecus johnii) is a type of Old World monkey found in the

Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Kodayar Hills in Tamil Nadu, and many other hilly areas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long-tailed like the gray langurs. Females have a white patch of fur on the in-ner thigh. It typically lives in troops of nine to ten monkeys (Singh, M., Kumar, A. & Molur, S. (2008). The animal is often seen encroaching into agricultural lands. Its diet consists of

fruits, shoots and leaves. The species is endangered due to deforestation and poaching for its fur and fl esh, the latter believed to have aphrodisiac properties (Malviya et al, 2011).

The species has been listed under Ap-pendix II of CITES. They are also pro-tected under the Schedule I, Part I of Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and are listed as Vulnerable C2a (i) under IUCN Red data list. The key to conservation of this species lies in reducing poaching, protecting their habitat and education of masses. Ari-gnar Anna Zoological Park has been selected by Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi as a co-ordinating zoo for this endangered species after consid-ering their breeding success, nativity

and endemic to the Western Ghats. Trivandrum Zoo and Sri Chamarajen-dra Zoological Garden, Mysore are the participating zoos for this breeding programme. Nilgiri langur is endemic to Western Ghats and there are three tiger reserves which have Nilgiri lan-gur in the area. There is ample scope for reintroduction of Nilgiri langur in to their wild habitats. Hence a dedi-cated recovery plan is required.

Arignar Anna Zoological Park has been keeping Nilgiri langurs in wet moated enclosure since the park’s inception. The Park acquired one male and one female from Anaimalai wildlife sanctuary and two females from Kalakad wildlife sanctuary of Western Ghats during 1980s and

CONSERVATION BREEDING PROGRRAM

Management and Breeding History of Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus Johnii) at Arignar Anna

Zoological Park, Vandalur, ChennaiReddy


1990s respectively. The fi rst birth was on 16th July 1991. Since then the species were breeding regu-larly in the zoo (Manimozhi, A & S.Kalyanasundaram, 1992). This pa-per aims to share our experiences in managing and breeding this unique species in captivity.

POPULATION

Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP) initially brought rescued animals from Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary and had a good record of maintain-ing this species since 11th June 1982. The fi rst breeding was noticed in the year 1991 with the founders of 1 male and 3 female. So far 31 (15:12:4) births and 19 (14:5) deaths have been recorded. Currently AAZP houses a total of 17 animals, consist-ing of 4 males, 9 females and 4 un-sexed animals in two diff erent enclo-sures (Table 1). A total of 24 animals (11:13) have been used for animal exchange programme (rescued and captive born).

ANIMAL HOUSING

The Nilgiri langurs are exhibited in a near natural wet moated enclosure. The fi rst enclosure has a total cir-cumference of 196 meters. At one side of the enclosure a cave model animal house is constructed with 3 retiring and feeding cubicles measur-ing 2.20x2.50x1.80 meters. It hous-es 4 male, 4 female and 2 unsexed young. The second enclosure has a circumference of 115 meters with three feeding and retiring cubicles measuring 3.30x3.30x2.50 meters. This houses 1 male, 4 females and

2 unsexed infants. Both the enclo-sures have natural vegetation like Azadirachta indica, Pithecellobium dulce and other herbs and sherbs. Both enclosures contain predomi-nantly Pithecellobium dulce trees which provide food for the animals (leaves, buds and fruits). Pithecello-bium dulce is a species of fl owering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacifi c Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South Ameri-ca. It is an introduced species and extensively naturalized in the Carib-bean, Florida, Guam as well as in In-dia, Bengal and the Philippines. This species provides climbing, perching and natural feeding other than our zoo diet. The seed pods contain a sweet and sour pulp.

ZOO DIET CHART

The zoo has maintains a balanced diet chart. The diet chart was prepared after consulting various national and international captive animal diet charts of primates especially Nilgiri langur. The daily ration for individual Nilgiri langur is as follows.

Rice-30 gram1. Ground nut (without shell)- 15 2. gramsBanana- 4 nos3. Guava-1 no4. Bengal gram-15 gram5. Cabbage-30 gram6. Greens- 100 gram7. Bread slices-3 nos8. Soybean bex -20 gram9. Carrot- 25 grams10. Grapes -20 grams11. Honey- 10 ml12.

Sathugudi/ Orange-1 no13. Boiled egg-1 no14.

The rice and soybean bex are cooked and given to animals. The Bengal gram is soaked overnight and of-fered to animals along with other food stuff daily. The watermelon and cucumber are also added as summer special (April to June).

FEEDING

All food items are received through a registered Government contractor through Tender. All food items are checked in the store by the veterinar-ians and concerned Range offi cer for quality and quantity. According to the prescribed diet chart, food items are weighed, stored and segregated in separate bins and distributed to the respective enclosure. The ani-mals are fed once daily between 11 to 12 noon. The animals are fed in a group, and in isolation while sick.

ANIMAL HYGIENE AND HEALTH

Every day all food-remains are re-moved and the animal house is thor-oughly cleaned with fresh water. Tur-meric powder is applied on the fl oor as antibacterial agent. De-worming and health tonics are given to ani-mals as per the health status of ani-mals, with de-worming done every six months regularly. The keepers are also checked for any contagious disease through common health camp once in a year or twice in a year. The moat water and enclosure are cleaned regularly.


ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES

Enrichment is a concept describing how the environments of captive animals can be changed for the ben-efi t of the inhabitants. Behavioural opportunities that may arise or in-crease as a result of environmental enrichment can be appropriately de-scribed as behavioural enrichment. Alternatively, environmental enrich-ment is ‘a process for improving or enhancing zoo animal environments and care within the context of their inhabitants’ behavioral biology and natural history. It is a dynamic pro-cess in which changes to structures and husbandry practices are made with the goal of increasing behav-ioral choices to animals and drawing out their species appropriate behav-iors and abilities, thus enhancing ani-mal welfare. Keeping above concept in the mind, Arignar Anna Zoological Park ,vandalur is improving the cap-tive environment of Nilgiri langur by way of providing Swings, ropes, hammocks, perches, plot forms bas-ket feeding etc.,

BREEDING

The AAZP is one of the captive breed-ing centres in India. The zoo was started in the year 1985. The fi rst

breeding was noticed in the year 1991. Since then the animals are reg-ularly breeding in the zoo. The zoo so far produced 31 (15:12:4) young ones (Table 2).

BREEDING SEASON

The birth seasons of mammals in Ari-gnar Anna Zoological Park have been studied by Manimozhi et al, 2006. The 24 years long record of breeding revealed that out of 31 births, all the months showed birth of minimum one and maximum of 7 except August and October. The maximum birth of 7 (22.58%) individuals noticed in the month of July and 6 (19.35%) in the month of March respectively, followed by 4 (12.90%) births in the month of February and April respec-tively. In the month of December 3 (9.68%) births were recorded. In the month of May and June 2 (6.45%) births were noted. Single (3.22%) birth was recorded in the month of January, September and November respectively. No births were recorded in the month of August and October.

Table - 1

Months Total BirthsJanuary 1February 4Mar 6April 4May 2June 2July 7August 0September 1October 0November 1December 3

NATALITY

The zoo has produced 31 young ones from 1991 to 2014, of which 15 are males, 12 are females and 4 are un-sexed. The maximum percentage of males are (48.39%), produced than the females (38.710%) and unsexed were 12.90%.

MORTALITY

The zoo has recorded 19 deaths from 1990 to 2014, of which 14 are males and 5 females. The highest mortal-ity was recorded in males (73.68%) than females (26.32%). Among 19 deaths 4 rescued animals were died of infi ghting while mixing. Another 3 animals died of infi ghting (migratory male killed). Three deaths of young was due to trauma. The other causes were shock, impaction, hepatitis and senility was observed in a single case.

MIGRATION WITHIN ZOODuring estrous period of female, male -male aggression was unavoidable if matured males were more in number. In these circumstances the dominant male chased away the subordinate male out of the enclosure a couple of times in this Park. This was noticed by keeper the next day and the ani-mal was captured physically or us-ing tranquilizing techniques, kept in isolation for few weeks and then mixed with a group. During 2012 a male was chased away from its fi rst enclosure and it entered a second enclosure, 100 meter away from the fi rst enclosure, killing a dominant male and two infants. Another fe-male infant was heavily injured and was saved due to proper sutures and


treatment in the Veterinary hospital of AAZP.

INFUSION OF NEW GENES

New gene infusion into the captive population of any species serves an integral part to minimize the inbreed-ing coeffi cient. Several attempts failed to introduce new adult male into the existing population of AAZP. A sub adult male of 3 year old rescued from Mudumalai on18.07.2009 was slowly introduced into the second enclosure of AAZP .He was kept in the cell of a second enclosure for a month and introduced in a group of 1 male and three females. The group immediately accepted him and now he has sired two infants. The existing dominant male was killed by intruder male from fi rst enclosure in the year 2012.

NILGIRI LANGUR STATUS IN INDIAN ZOOS (2011)

As per the stud details of Nilgiri lan-gur (2011) maximum of 63.33 % of animals are found in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur followed by Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gar-den, Mysore 16.66%.The Nehru Zoo-logical Park Hydrabad and Trivan-drum Zoo are having the Population of 13.33% and 6.67% respectively.

Moreover the population size is lim-ited in captivity. Except AAZP, no oth-er zoos in India achieved reasonable breeding success in captivity.

CONCLUSION

1. Breeding of Nilgiri Langurs re-quires a well-structured conservation

breeding programme as an insurance against the possible early extinction of the species in the wild.

2. Though the Central Zoo Author-ity (CZA) has identifi ed three South Indian zoos for conservation breed-ing programme of this species, much has not been achieved due to various reasons (low founders, skewed sex ratio etc.,)

3. The CZA may allocate fund 100% for this programme (construc-tion of off -exhibit enclosure, staff , scientist and lab etc) under species recovery (survival) plan to the zoos designated for this venture.

REFERENCES

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 178. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.

2. Singh, M., Kumar, A. & Molur, S. (2008). Trachypithecus johnii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Spe-cies. Retrieved 4 January 2009.

3. Malviya, M.; Srivastav, A.; Nigam, P.; Tyagi, P. C. (2011). “Indian National Stud-book of Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii)” (PDF). Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi.

4. Manimozhi, A and S. Kalyanasun-daram, 1992. Lack of parental care in Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Zoosprint, 7(1):p16.

5. Manimozhi, A, Skar, M and N. Krish-nakumar, 2006.Birth seasons of mammal at Arignar Anna Zoological Park. Indian Zoo Year Book IV: 99-111.

6. Taxon: Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.”. Germplasm Resources Informa-tion Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-08-23. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

7. Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity: Pithecellobium Dulce:http://www.conabio.gob.mx/ cono-cimiento/ info_especies/arboles/ doctos/ 45-legum38m.pdf

Table. 1. Natality of Nilgiri langur (Tra-chypithecus johnii) in Arignar Anna Zoo-logical Park Vandalur (1991-2014)

Coordination meetings on Conservation Breeding Programme of Lion tailed-Macaque and One-horned rhinoceros was held under the Chairmanship of Sh. B. S. Bonal, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority on 08th and 27th August, 2014 at Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, Chennai and Assam State zoo cum Botanical Garden, Guwahati respectively. Various issues regarding the breeding programme were discussed and fi nalized during the meetings.

CO-ORDINATION MEETING ON LION-TAILED MACAQUE AND ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS CONSERVATION

BREEDING PROGRAMME


Nandankanan Zoological Park is a premier large zoo in In-dia working for excellence

in conservation (both ex-situ and in-situ) and towards being a site for wildlife research and management. It is also a foremost tourist destination in the state of Odisha and a place for creating awareness amongst visitors regarding nature and wildlife con-servation. The zoo started humbly in the form of a small animal collec-tion in the pristine forested area of Jujhagarh and Krishnanagar forest blocks with Kanjialake as the peren-nial natural water source. On 29th December, 1960, the zoo was estab-lished. It has grown over the years and now covers an area of 3.62 sq. km and is one of the fi nest large Zoos and a premier conservation centre in India.

Nandankananis a veritable paradise for nature lovers. Along with the ver-

dant State Botanical Garden on the northern side and the tranquil waters of the Kanjialake in the centre, the natural forest area surrounding the zoo, sprawling over an area of 4.37 sq. km has been declared as a Wild-life Sanctuary on 3rd August, 1979. The zoo presents the harmonious in-tegration of both ex-situ and in-situ conservation. At present, the Zoo-logical Park houses more than 2329 individual reptiles, birds and animals belonging to 149 species. They are housed in large, spacious, naturalis-tic enclosures adhering to modern design and are supplemented with adequate environmental enrichment. The zoo boasts of having the largest pools for housing gharials and hippo-potamus in the country. The marmo-set enclosure, the water bird aviary and the new bird aviaries are some of the largest in the country. The lion safari was established over an

area of 20 hectares on 20th January, 1984 and the white tiger safari was opened on 1st October, 1991 over an area of 12 hectares. Two more safa-ris namely `Herbivore Safari’ & `Bear Safari’ have been added to the facil-ity on 24th November, 2012 and 29th

December, 2012 respectively.

NATURAL BIODIVERSITY

Apart from the exhibited species, a large number of free-living wildlife fi nd a conducive habitat here. Of the 20 species of free-living mammals, Mouse Deer, Pangolin and large herds of Spotted Deer are noteworthy. The area is a haven for bird watchers with about 120 species having been recorded till date. Recent sightings of the endangered Pale-capped Pigeon and other notable species such as Dollar Bird, Bridled Tern, Blue-eared Kingfi sher and fl ock of more than

BIODIVERSITY

Nandankanan - a Conservation Success Story

Dr. S. Panda1 & Manoj V. Nair2


60 Glossy Ibis requires special men-tion. Among other faunal groups, 15 species of reptiles, 10 species of am-phibians, 92 species of butterfl ies, 40 species of dragonfl ies and 51 species of spiders enrich the sanc-tuary with their colourful presence. Meticulous documentation of the fl oral diversity has brought to light 704 species of wild plants inside the sanctuary area. Nandankanan also gives refuge to about 12,000 nest-ing Open-billed Storks and this is the second largest known heronry in the State. The Kanjialakewhich has been declared as a wetland of National im-portance in 2006 is also a treasure house of aquatic biodiversityhar-bouring 41 species of fi shes and 3 species of prawn. The very fact that even wild tigers have ventured inside Nandankanan sanctuary speaks vol-umes about the dense forest cover, adequate prey base and lack of biotic interference. The fi rst such instance happened in the night of 4th January 1967 when a female tigress from the adjoining Chandaka sanctuary ven-tured into the zoo premises, attract-ed by the captive male tiger Pradeep and jumped into his enclosure to be with him. She remained in the zoo and was named ‘Kanan’ - her enclosure with a story to tell still holds interest to visitors. History repeated itself on 24.03.2013, when a wild male tiger was sighted near the tiger safari of the zoo. After staying in the sanctu-ary area for months thereafter, he subsequently walked into the tiger safari on the night of 30.06.2013. He has been in Nandankanansince then, inside a specially fortifi ed en-closure in an off -exhibit area and has been named ‘Nandan’. Hopefully he

will prove to be a valuable asset to the zoo in terms of infusing fresh strength and vigour into the existing gene pool.

In the year 1980, the Zoological Park attained distinction in the global scenario for the fi rst ever success-ful breeding of endangered gharials in captivity, after ‘Bajrabahu’ a large male Gharial was brought in from the Frankfurt zoo on breeding loan. In the same year, three white tiger cubs were born to normal coloured par-ents by creating history. These were independent of the well-known ‘Rewa lineage’ and was known thereafter as the ‘Nandankanan lineage’ of White Tigers. The zoo therefore had both the white tiger lineages and become famous the world over for breeding white tigers. Numerous zoos in India and abroad have received white ti-gers from Nandankanan on exchange basis. During the last 52 years of its existence, the zoo has bred a number of endangered and threatened spe-cies including Gharial, Mugger& Salt-water Crocodiles; Thamin, Swamp deer, Hog deer and Mouse deer; Blackbuck, Four-horned Antelope; Tigers, Leopards; Sloth bear, Asiatic

Black Bears; Ratel; Indian Pangolin; Water monitor lizard, Spot-billed Pel-ican, Wooly-necked Stork, White Ibis, Pariah kite and many others.

IN-SITU ‒ EX-SITU LINKAGE

Nandankanan Zoological Park has been a premier conservation insti-tution with its unique ability and commitment to eff ective ex-situ con-servation of wildlife. Conservation breeding has been a major thrust of the Zoological Park. As mentioned earlier, it has the unique distinc-tion of fi rst captive breeding centre where Gharials were bred success-fully in captivity in 1980. More than 700 Gharials successfully reared in the breeding centre here have been released in their natural habitat of Odisha, particularly in the Maha-nadi river system. Nandankanan is identifi ed as the coordinating zoo for breeding of Indian Pangolin by the Central Zoo Authority. The Park is also identifi ed as the participating zoo for breeding of Tiger and Mouse deer. The fi rst conservation breed-ing centre of Indian Pangolin has been established in Nandankanan in 2008-09. Similarly, a vulture conser-

Gharial Enclosure at Nandankanan Biological Park


vation breeding centre has been set up in Nandankanan for white backed vultures under assistance from Cen-tral Zoo Authority. Amongst exotic species, zebra, hippopotamus, chim-panzee, hamadryads baboon, cocka-toos, macaw, 5 species of pheasants, emu, ostrich etc. are part of the cap-tive breeding programme. To achieve sustainable ex-situ conservation ad-jectives, emphasis have been given on animal welfare, health care, ethi-cal standards and excellence in stan-dards of animal husbandry with ref-erence to enclosure enrichments and minimum human imprinting. The zoo also has its own captive Fodder Farm as well as Slaughter House to ensure fool-proof supply of fresh green fod-der and uncontaminated fresh meat to its inmates.

Not many would know that Nandank-anan is the fi rst zoo in the country to become an Institutional member of WAZA in 2009. Interestingly, it is the only zoo in the country after which an express train has been named ‒ the `Puri-New Delhi-Puri’

Superfast Express since December, 2011. Acknowledging its services to conservation, the Department Posts, Govt. of India on 26th March, 2013, also released a Special Day Cover on Nandankanan.

EDUCATION, AWARENESS & RESEARCH

Due to its unique biodiversityand informative display of various wild animal species in natural environ-ment, Nandankanan attracts more than 2.9 million visitors annually and has been successfully disseminating knowledge on wildlife conservation, awareness, education and research since its inception. For creating awareness amongst visitors towards wildlife conservation, a state of the art modern Zoo Interpretation Cen-tre has been established. Another unique aspect is the availability of trained registered Zoo Guides for the purpose of conducting educative and enjoyable tours for the visitors while serving the purpose of liveli-hood generation for the local youth.

A well-planned out Zoo Education Programme is also in place. Guided tours of school and college students to the zoo areregularly conducted. Signifi cant days such as World Wet-land Day, Biodiversity Day, Elephant Day, World Forestry Day etc are also celebrated by involving school children. Nandankanan has formal tie-ups with many reputed scien-tifi c institutions and this has led to the many research works on enrich-ment in enclosures, wildlife biology, wildlife diseases etc. The fi ndings thereof have been published in lead-ing national and international peer-reviewed scientifi c journals. The wild biodiversity of Nandankanan wildlife sanctuary has also been documented in the form of fi ve books titled `Spi-ders of Nandkanan’, `Butterfl ies of Nandnakanan’, Nandankanan- Fau-nal Diversity’, `Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary’ and ‘Amphibians of Nandankanan’. These form an invaluable repository of information for researchers, aca-demicians and students.

Nandankanan Zoological Park sets high standards of health care, animal husbandry, animal welfare, enclosure enrichments and research in our country. Sincere attempts are con-tinuing for developing this wonder-ful Zoological Park into an globally outstanding zoo through world class conservation, education, research and exciting visitor experience by connecting people to biodiversity conservation.

1Director, Nandankanan Biological Park2Deputy Director, Nandankanan Bio-logical Park

Indian Pangolin at Nandankanan Biological Park


Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as Mysore Zoo was established in

the year 1892, by Sri Chamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadhur. Over a period of 120 years, it has grown in popularity in India and considered comparable to the best zoos in the world. The zoo has recorded a record-breaking footfall of 3 million visitors, highest among all zoos in India for the last two years. In a single day, 32800 vis-itors have been recorded at the zoo.

The objectives of Mysore Zoo are conservation breeding, conservation education, research documentation and study, rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals and birds, recreation and education for visitors, tourists and locals.

ANIMAL COLLECTION AND DISPLAY

Wild animals are displayed in en-closures with rich enrichment suit-

able to their requirements. The zoo serves as a major tourist attraction of Mysore city and acts as a lung space for the fast developing city. The zoo has a wide collection of indigenous as well as exotic big cats and primates, including apes, along with many colourful birds and reptiles. The zoo takes pain to carefully maintain the visitors route and signages.

The zoo exhibits more than 1316 specimens, belonging to 167 species representing all continents except north-America. The zoo has the dis-tinction of breeding more than 100 species, most of which are endan-gered. Many zoos in India and abroad have received younglings of various species born in this zoo. It is nice to see young animals in large numbers all the time in a zoo environment.

Some of the animals here include: 1. Big Cats: Lions, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar, Cheetahs.

2. Smaller Cats: Jungle cat, Leop-ard cat, Small indian civet, Common palm civet.

3. Primates: Chimpanzee, Gorilla, Capuchin monkey, Marmoset, Lion -tailed macaque, Baboon, Brown le-mur, Ring-tailed lemur, Nilgiri langur, Common langur.

4. Deer’s and Antelopes: Spotted deer, Hog deer, Swamp deer, Mouse deer, Nilgai, Four horned antelope, Barking deer, Black buck, Fallow deer, Goral.

Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore

BIODIVERSITY

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5. Large Mammals: Asiatic el-ephants, African elephants, African white rhino, African black rhino, Hip-popotamus, Gaur.

6. Aquatic Birds: Eurasian spoon-bill, Pelicans, fl amingo, Adjutant stork, Painted stork, Sacred ibis.

7. Terrestrial Birds: Macaws, conures, Pheasants, Sarus crane, Great indian hornbill, Peafowl, tragopan, Parrots and Parakeets.

8. Ducks: Muscovy duck, Spotted whistling duck, Comb duck, Carolina wood duck

9. Flightless Birds: Ostrich, Rhea, Cassowary and Emu

10. Reptiles: Anaconda, King Cobra, Indian Cobra, 7 types of Crocodiles, Iguana

The Mysore zoo has taken up con-servation breeding of many spe-cies important from a conservation perspective, such as Lion-tailed ma-caque, Indian gaur, Wild dog and Grey wolf. Zoo has large collection of endangered species like Tiger, Grey wolf, Wild dog, Indian Gaur, Four horned antelope, Brow ant-lered deer, Sloth bear, Sarus crane and Red jungle fowl. The zoo has also done extremely well in breeding the exotic species like Giraff e, Papio hamadryads baboon, Hippopota-mus, Chimpanzee, Black swan and Capuchin monkey. The other fasci-nating animals housed are Gorilla, Asiatic and African elephants, White tiger, Jaguar, Anaconda, Dholes’, Wallaby, tapir, White rhino, Zebras, Lion tailed macaque. The dedication and professional commitment of the animal keepers and the veterinar-

ians are the main instruments of this success.

CONSERVATION EDUCATION:

Set up 122 years ago, the Mysore Zoo works hard at initiating and run-ning several educative and attractive programmes, which benefi ts many visitors from all parts of the country. Education programmes include Sum-mer camp, Youth club activities, Lit-eracy competition, Zoo in reach and Zoo outreach programme, Keepers training, Teachers training, Wildlife photography exhibitions, World En-vironment Day, Wildlife week cele-brations and special programmes for targeted groups which cover more than 20,000 people directly every year.

The animal collection as on 28.02.2014 is given below:

Total Species and Specimen as on 28th February 2014

Sl No Particulars Species Speci-men

1 Mammals 57 565

2 Birds 85 655

3 Reptiles 25 96

Total 167 1316

(The author is Director, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens)

On 15 September 2014, the offi ce of CZA shifted to Room No. 25-29, Middle Wing, Hotel Janpath, Jan-path, New Delhi-110001, India

NEW OFFICE OF CZA


A. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ZOOS

The CZA in its 70th Technical Com-mittee meeting held on 1st July, 2014 approved the following assis-tance:

A1. For Development of North-eastern Zoos

Financial assistance for development work at the following zoos of the North east was approved:

1. Nagaland Zoological Park, Ran-gapahar for the construction of en-closures for various species (Hoolock gibbon, Stump tailed macaque, Great Indian Horned bill, bear, fox, capped langur, Sambar, leopard, wild dog, Burmese tortoise, Pied hornbill enclo-sure, Rufous necked hornbill, Serpent eagle, Indian porcupine, Brush tail porcupine, Large Indian civet).

2. Manipur Zoological Garden, Imphal, Manipur for Construction of water bird aviary.

3. Assam State Zoo, Guwahati, Assam for Underground electrical cabling in the premises of the animals enclosures of Assam State Zoo and Water supply arrangement in the animal enclosure of the Assam State Zoo.

4. Aizawl Zoological Park, Aizawl,

Mizoram for Construction of Serpent eagle enclosure.

A2. For Development of Zoos in Rest of India.

1. Van Vihar National Park-Zoo, Bhopal- unspent amount to be used for Vulture conservation Breeding Centre and for Construction of colony aviary for vulture conservation.

A3. Financial assistance for the maintenance of Rescue Centres and upkeep of Circus Animals.

1. Rescue Centres at Nahargarh Biological Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Ban-nerghatta Biological Park, Bangalore, Karnataka and Van Vihar National Park-Zoo, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for Feed and supplements, Veterinary care to animals, Staff and Maintenance of Rescue Centre (enclosure etc.)

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A4. For Conservation Breeding Programme

1. The Conservation Breeding Centre for Mouse Deer and Vulture at Nehru Zoological for Upkeep of the animals (Feed & medicine), Man-power and General Maintenance of the Breeding Centre,

3. Conservation Breeding Centre for Clouded leopard at Sepahijala Zoological Park, Tripura.

4. Conservation Breeding Centre for Binturong at Sepahijala Zoological Park, Tripuram.

B. RESEARCH AND TRAINING/ WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

The CZA, in its 70th Technical Com-mittee meeting held on 1st July, 2014 approved the following:

70th Technical Committee Meeting on 1st July 2014


1. Financial assistance for “National Referral Centre on Wildlife Health-care” during the period of its exten-sion.

2. Approved to organize a Specialized theme based training programmes for zoo keepers on regional basis “Man-agement of wild animals in captivity with special focus on Biodiversity Con-servation or Nutritional enrichment” at Sepahijala (Tripura), Jaipur, Tirupati, Kanpur, Gopalpur (H.P.) and Bhubane-swar in collaboration with Sepahijala Zoological Park, Agartala; Jaipur Zoo, Jaipur; Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati, Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur; Dhauladhar Nature Park, Go-palpur; and Nandankanan Biological Park, Bhubaneswar.

C. GRANT OF RECOGNITION TO ZOOS

The CZA in its 70th Technical Com-mittee meeting held on 1st July, 2014 decided to grant the renewal of rec-ognition to the following zoos:

1. Rajkot Zoological Park, Rajkot, Gujarat.

2. State Museum and Zoo, Thrissur, Kerala.

3. Kodanad Mini Zoo, Kodanad, Kerala

4. Jaipur Zoo, Jaipur at its existing site and new site at Nahargarh, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

5. Van Vihar National Park-Zoo, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

6. Panchwati Deer Park, Pilani, Raj-asthan.

7. Mini Zoo, Almora, Uttarakhand.

8. Dhauladhar Nature Park, Go-palpur, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

9. Rewalsar Mini Zoo, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

D. EXCHANGE OF ANIMALS

D1. Between Indian Zoos

The CZA in its 70th Technical Com-mittee meeting held on 1st July, 2014 ratifi ed the approval accorded for the exchange of animals between Indian Zoos:

1. The exchange of two Indian fox from Kamla Nehru Prani Sangraha-laya, Indore to between Rajkot Zoo-logical Park, Rajkot.

2. The exchange of two Hog deer, four Blackbuck and one leopard from Rajkot Zoological Park, Rajkot with two Jackal ,two Black buck (Albino) and two Four horned antelope from Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Zoo-logical Garden, Surat.

3. The Committee approved the ex-change of two Royal Bengal tiger from Bannerghatta Biological Park, Ban-galore in return for one White tiger and one Nilgai from Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati.

4. The Committee approved the ex-change of two Leopards, four Barking deer, two Nilgai, one Indian crested porcupine, four Cockatiels from Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jamshedpur in return for one Emu, one Bonnet monkey, one Lady Amherst pheasant, one Silver pheasant.

5. The Committee approved the acquisition of Asiatic lions from Luc-know Zoological Garden, Lucknow

and Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur to Lion Safari, Etawah subject to the compliance of some conditions.

6. The Committee approved the exchange of two Stripped hyena from Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ranchi in return for two Royal Bengal tiger and two lion from Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bangalore.

7. The Committee approved the ex-change of four Black cobra Naja naja naja (Linnaeus)(Spectacled/ Binocel-late Cobra) from Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya, Indore in return for three Silver pheasant Nehru Zoologi-cal Park, Hyderabad

8. The Committee approved the exchange of six Hog deer from Thiru-vananthapuram Zoo, Thiruvanan-thapuram in return for three White tiger from Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam.

9. The Committee approved the exchange of three Panther/ Leopard, two Rosy pelican, two Painted stork, two Indian python, four Crocodile marsh from Lucknow Zoological Gar-den, Lucknow in return for two Indian wolf and two Jackal from Jaipur Zoo, Jaipur.

10. The Committee approved the exchange of six Golden pheasant and two Common grey langur from Padm-aja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling in return for two Indian python and two Viper from Lucknow Zoological Garden, Lucknow.

11. The Committee approved the transfer of Tiger from Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra to Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Katraj, Pune subject to the approval of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi.


D2. Between Indian and Foreign Zoos

1. The Committee recommended for approval for the exchange of four Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoen-sis) from Bronx Zoo, New York to Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mamal-lapuram

D3. Transfer of 55 muggers from the Kanpur Zoological Park, Kan-pur to the natural habitat.

The Technical Committee of the Central Zoo Authority approved the proposal for transfer of 55 numbers of Muggers from Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur to the natural habitat within the State of Uttar Pradesh subject to some conditions.

E. APPROVAL OF MASTER (LAYOUT) PLAN AND MASTER PLAN OF THE ZOOS

The Committee approved the follow-ing Master plan and Master (layout) plan of the following zoos:

Master (layout) Plan

1. Bahinabai Choudhary Prani San-grahalaya, Pimpri, Maharashtra

2. Jammu Zoo, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Master Plan

1. Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

2. Aurangabad Municipal Zoo, Au-rangabad, Maharashtra

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The Technical Committee of the Central Zoo Authority recom-mended MoU to be Signed be-tween Smithsonian National Zoo-logical Park, Washington, D.C., USA and Central Zoo Authority for the approval of the Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Environ-ment, Forest & Climate Change and Chairman, CZA.

3. Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

4. Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bangalore, Karnataka (subject to recommendations received from the Chief Wildlife Warden, Gov-ernment of Karnataka)

71ST TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 2014

A. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ZOOS

The CZA in its 71st Technical Com-mittee meeting held on 2nd Septem-ber, 2014 approved the following assistance:

A1. For development of Zoos:

1. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo-logical Park, Darjeeling, West Bengal for enrichment of amphibians, CCTV cameras and design and dimensions of caves and artifi cial rocks.

2. Sajjangarh Biological Park, Udaipur, Rajasthan for Installation of signages.

A2. Financial assistance for the maintenance of Rescue Centres and upkeep of Circus Animals:

1. Rescue Centre at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati for payment of honorarium to the staff working at Rescue Centre.

A3. For Conservation Breeding Cen-tres:

1. Blyth’s tragopan Conservation Breeding Centre, Kohima, Nagaland for Engagement of Biologist, Field Assistant, Chowkidar, and two Mali/ Wages and for Animal upkeep, Of-fi ce expenses, Capacity building and training for staff etc.

B. RESEARCH AND TRAINING/WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

The CZA at its 71st Technical Commit-tee meeting, held on 2nd September, 2014 decided to provide fi nancial as-

sistance to the following:

1. Project Proposal entitled “ Sur-veillance of Diseases of Native Wild animals in Kamla Nehru Prani San-grahalaya, Indore”.

2. Proposal for organizing Hands on Training Programme on Reptile Keeping in Zoos.

3. Proposal for conducting a confer-ence/workshop titled “Recent trends in Zoo biology” at LaCONES.

4. Proposal for conducting a work-shop titled “Master planning for Zoo education” for zoo education curator for the year 2014-15.

C. RENEWAL OF RECOGNITION TO ZOOS

The CZA at its 71st Technical Commit-


tee meeting held on 2nd September 2014, based on an evaluation report, extended the recognition granted to the following zoos:

1. Nehru Park Zoo, Danakgre, Tura, Meghalaya as a small zoo with provision of mid-term evaluation on compliance of stipulated conditions.

2. Nawabganj Deer Park, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh as a mini zoo with provision of mid-term evaluation on compliance of stipulated conditions.

D. EXCHANGE OF ANIMALS

The CZA, at its 71st Technical Com-mittee meeting, held on 2nd Septem-ber, 2014, approved the following exchanges of animals.

D1. Between Indian Zoos

1. The exchange of seven Chinkara from Bikaner Zoo, Bikaner to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Zoological Garden, Surat

2. The exchange of one female One horned rhinoceros from National Zoological Park, New Delhi against one male One horned rhinoceros from Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur

3. The exchange of four Hog deer and fi fteen Swamp deer from Luc-know Zoological Park, Lucknow against one Lion tailed macaque and two Jackal from Arignar Anna Zoo-logical Park, Vandalur, Chennai

4. The Committee approved the exchange of four Leopard from Luc-know Zoological Park, Lucknow to Mahatma Gandhi Zoological Park, Solapur.

5. The Committee approved the exchange of four Lion from Ban-

nerghatta Biological Park, Bangalore against eight Barking deer, three Four horned antelope, four Open bill stork, four Jungle cat from Nandankanan Biological Park, Bhubaneswar.

D2 Between Indian zoos and For-eign Zoos

1. The exchange of four Grant zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) from Zoological Centre, Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan (Safari), Israel to Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jamshedpur subject to condi-tions that the Central Zoo Authority will call for the details on the exist-ing housing facility available in the zoo including the suffi cient area and confi rm that the Grant zebra are part of the approved animal collection plan of the zoo.

2. The exchange of four Zebra and four African lion from Zoological Centre, Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan (Safari) Israel to Nandankanan Biological Park, Bhubaneswar recommended for approval subject to some conditions.

E. APPROVAL OF THE MASTER PLAN/ MASTER (LAYOUT) PLAN OF THE ZOOS

The Committee approved the follow-ing Master (layout) Plan and Master Plan of the following zoos as recom-mended by Expert Group on Zoo De-signing of Central Zoo Authority:-

Master (layout) Plan

1. Abheda Biological Park, Kota, Rajasthan ‒ subject to the shifting of garbage site.

2. Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park, Bokaro, Jharkhand

Master Plan

1. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo-logical Park, Darjeeling, West Bengal

2. Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu

3. Sepahijala Zoological Park, Agar-tala, Tripura

4. State Zoo, Meghalaya at Umtrew

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