Lko Zoo in a dilemma!!!!!

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Friends!

Any suggestions for the Lko Zoo officials???? Help them out…they seem to be at a

loss here….they have a herculean task ahead of them!!!!!! Your ideas and

suggestions might `light their bulbs'.

 

Warm Regards

Radhika Singh

 

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Visitors to zoo continue with insensitive behaviour

17 Jun 2009, 0421 hrs IST, TNN

 

LUCKNOW: The past few days have been busier for the lion king at city zoo.

`Prince' has elicited inquiries from higher officials of forest

 

department. His leisurely pose with plastic bottles stuffed in his mouth has put

all in the department's hierarchy on their toes.

 

Chief wildlife warden, B K Patnaik himself conducted an inspection of zoo

premises after Prince peeped out of pictures with plastic bottles and tin cans

strewn around in his enclosure. " We are set to come up with strict checks on all

this within a day or two, " assured Dr Utkarsh Shukla, deputy director, city zoo.

It is well that the matter has been taken note of.

 

But, all the focus on the problem has been insufficient to make a mark on

people's sensitivities. On Tuesday, bottles were again found lying inside his

enclosure missing him by a few inches. The visitors shouted at the top of their

voices and in a bid to make themselves visible to the lion, many of them climbed

the branches of the Banyan right in front of the enclosure waving hands and

whistling to attract his attention.

 

Thankfully, zoo staff does not forget to trim the branches that almost overhang

inside the enclosure lest one of them would land right inside. " We know people

climb up on them and get themselves clicked with the lion in the background, "

shared a staff. On the monitoring side, there are zoo people on duty this time.

But the sight of them is not enough to bridle the unruly crowd.

 

However, the coming up measures might see changes like telling people at every

step to throw bottles and cans only into dustbins. For this dustbins will have

to be bought, as at present zoo might be having very few of them. Secondly, the

height of grill at few enclosures like that of lion might be increased. Though

it may obliterate the view slightly but it will be safer.

 

The stricter measures for zoo visitors are mostly toned down due to the fact

that people come to the place to enjoy. Anything strict might turn them away.

But while all this will take a little time, on Tuesday, zoo staff was well at

cleaning job at reptiles' enclosures. The coming up plan might also take the

form of collective disposal of all forms of plastics and cans. This may let the

visitors free from the responsibility of disposing off the bottles.

 

There is also a section of staff ruing that it is difficult manning the visitors

coming to the zoo. With close to 30 keepers against about 130 animal enclosures

it is not the ideal condition.