(IN): Indian summer too hot for Cheetahs from Singapore

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*Indian summer too hot for Cheetahs from Singapore*

 

Junagadh (Gujarat) (IANS): Authorities in the Shakkarbaug Zoo of Gujarat's

Junagadh town have removed a pair of Cheetahs received from Singapore in

June last year from public view as the animals could not bear the intense

heat wave sweeping the state.

 

The Cheetahs - a male and a female - were brought to Junagadh in exchange

for three Asiatic lions which were sent to the Singapore Zoo by the Gujarat

government last year.

 

" We have removed the Cheetahs from public view as both the animals were

found not liking Indian summer temperatures and have been lodged in a

private enclosure having a temperature-controlled environment. This is also

their first summer in India, " a senior wildlife wing official of the Jungadh

district forest department told IANS.

 

He said that the Cheetahs are provided purified drinking water and food

approved by veterinary doctors so as to ensure that they do not fall sick.

The Cheetahs would be out of public view for a month and would be taken out

only when the temperature suits their bodies.

 

As many as 30 Cheetahs brought by various zoos in India from various

countries for breeding purposes during the past two decades have all died as

they could not adjust to the harsh Indian climate during summer months, he

added.

 

 

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