Central Zoo Authority

The Central Zoo Authority on Monday asked all zoos across the country to remain on high alert and collect samples fortnightly in suspected cases after a tiger in a US zoo tested positive for coronavirus.

Eight lions from Gujarat will soon be shifted to a zoo in Uttar Pradesh as part of an animal exchange programme, a forest official said on Tuesday. These lions are currently lodged at Sakkarbaug Zoo in Gujarat's Junagadh.

India's only elephant rescue centre, run by an NGO in Mathura, has been served a notice by the Central Zoo Authority questioning its legality.

Nearly a year-and-a-half after "unlawful" translocation, Ranthambore's famous tiger T-24 aka Ustad is living a refugee life as Rajasthan's forest department is yet to take approval from Central Zoo Authority (CZA) for his housing at Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur and decide on releasing him back in the wild.

The government has put the onus on the 22-year-old youth who was mauled by a white tiger in Delhi Zoo last year, saying he had defied warnings and landed in the enclosure due to his "misadventure".

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded final approval to two national parks for being declared as tiger reserves, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the city police, the city zoo and the Central Zoo Authority on a plea filed by the widow of a man who was mauled to death by a tiger at the zoo.

Elephants are still "tortured" in circuses despite a decision by Animal Welfare Board of India last year to ban their registration for performing in such shows, an animal rights group has alleged.

The recent incident of a man being killed by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo highlighted the need to restructure and revamp Indian zoological parks, while raising questions over the security of animals and visitors.

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has rated the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, popularly known as Katraj zoo, as the sixth best in the country.Many developments are coming up in the 165-acre zoo, as per the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)'s master plan, which was sanctioned by the CZA recently. Garden superintendent, Naresh Zhurmure, told DNA that th...

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has given clean chit to Maharashtra agriculture minister Balasaheb Thorat.

The Central Zoo Authority on Monday asked all zoos across the country to remain on high alert and collect samples fortnightly in suspected cases after a tiger in a US zoo tested positive for coronavirus.

Eight lions from Gujarat will soon be shifted to a zoo in Uttar Pradesh as part of an animal exchange programme, a forest official said on Tuesday. These lions are currently lodged at Sakkarbaug Zoo in Gujarat's Junagadh.

India's only elephant rescue centre, run by an NGO in Mathura, has been served a notice by the Central Zoo Authority questioning its legality.

Nearly a year-and-a-half after "unlawful" translocation, Ranthambore's famous tiger T-24 aka Ustad is living a refugee life as Rajasthan's forest department is yet to take approval from Central Zoo Authority (CZA) for his housing at Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur and decide on releasing him back in the wild.

The government has put the onus on the 22-year-old youth who was mauled by a white tiger in Delhi Zoo last year, saying he had defied warnings and landed in the enclosure due to his "misadventure".

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded final approval to two national parks for being declared as tiger reserves, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the city police, the city zoo and the Central Zoo Authority on a plea filed by the widow of a man who was mauled to death by a tiger at the zoo.

Elephants are still "tortured" in circuses despite a decision by Animal Welfare Board of India last year to ban their registration for performing in such shows, an animal rights group has alleged.

The recent incident of a man being killed by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo highlighted the need to restructure and revamp Indian zoological parks, while raising questions over the security of animals and visitors.

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has rated the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, popularly known as Katraj zoo, as the sixth best in the country.Many developments are coming up in the 165-acre zoo, as per the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)'s master plan, which was sanctioned by the CZA recently. Garden superintendent, Naresh Zhurmure, told DNA that th...

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has given clean chit to Maharashtra agriculture minister Balasaheb Thorat.