(IN): White lioness dies due to snake-bite in Chhattisgarh zoo

May 11, 2009

Hit the CZA website http://www.cza.nic.in/ and these are the lines that greet

you the visitor:

" Striving to enact legally enforceable standards and norms of upkeep and

management of animals in zoos.... this premier organization of India

.......Supporting the conservation of endangered species by giving species, which

have no chance of survival in wild, a last chance of survival through

coordinated breeding under ex-situ condition. "

Explore more inside and you will come across dozens of sets of rules and

guidelines and then as you come out of it, you get a feeling that perhaps

our captive wild inmates imprisoned for LIFE in the Indian prisons (Zoos

what they call) are in safe custody.

You guessed it wrong!

Azam Sidiqui

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*White lioness dies due to snake-bite in Chhattisgarh zoo*

9 May 2009, 2008 hrs IST, PTI

RAIPUR: A eleven-year-old white lioness died due to snake-bite in a

zoo in Chhattisgarh's Durg district ion Saturday.

The lioness - Kaveri was found dead in its enclosure due to snake-bite, T S

Chhatri, assistant general manager, of the Maitri Bagh Zoo said.

" The veterinary doctors on a routine check-up found the lioness lying inside

its cage unmoved. On further investigating by the vets, found two

snake-bites on its body, " Chhatri said.

The 11-year-old Kaveri, was born here in the year 1998 and was in good

health, the zoo officials said.

A post-mortem has been carried out and the viscera has sent to the

laboratory for testing, the official said.

The 62 hectare zoo was setup in the year 1972, is managed by the Steel

Authority of India Ltd, and has over 350 animals, including 10 white lions.

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