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Nehru Zoo celebrates World Lion Day with keeper talks
The Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad celebrated World Lion Day on Sunday, Telangana Today reports. Animal keepers gave talks on lion behaviour, daily feed, vaccination schedules and breeding programmes. The zoo houses…
The Story in Brief
The Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad celebrated World Lion Day on Sunday, Telangana Today reports. Animal keepers gave talks on lion behaviour, daily feed, vaccination schedules and breeding programmes. The zoo houses both Asiatic and African lions and features a 45-acre safari started in 1974.
Deputy curator J Muralidhar said the park is at the forefront of wildlife education on every Eco-Day. Each morning, a pride of lions is released into the open safari, where animals roam freely and visitors are enclosed in vehicles, described as a zoo in reverse.
The Indian Opinion
World Lion Day is a good opportunity for zoos to educate the public, but the real challenge of conservation lies outside the enclosure. The Nehru Zoo's reverse safari is a novelty, but does it translate into fewer poaching incidents or better habitat protection? Too often captive breeding and keeper talks become substitutes for addressing wild threats. The true measure will be the next census of Asiatic lions in Gir, if numbers hold or rise, the outreach is working; if they dip, more than a day's celebration is needed.
Source: telanganatoday.com
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