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Rhino picked up deadly infection at Delhi zoo: Autopsy
An 11-year-old rhino named Dharmendra died in Delhi Zoo due to acute haemorrhagic enteritis, raising concerns over animal health post-transfer.
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 10:32 PM IST
Delhi zoo to introduce new technology to clean ponds housing crocodiles, gharials
Delhi zoo to introduce new technology to clean ponds housing crocodiles, gharials
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 07:00 PM IST
PTI |
Forest team at Delhi zoo to assess health of African elephant
The development comes after zoo officials said that the elephant has come into “musth” —a state of aggression, and sought help to tranquillise it
Published on Jul 08, 2024 10:41 PM IST
After two days, power finally restored at zoo
The zoo, housing 97 animal species, faced a prolonged power outage after the incessant rain waterlogged large swathes of the city
Updated on Jul 01, 2024 06:06 AM IST
Delhi zoo transformation: New animal species; enhanced visitors' experience
Delhi zoo transformation: New animal species; enhanced visitors' experience
Published on Jun 08, 2024 05:33 PM IST
PTI |
Delhi zoo deploys coolers, sprinklers to help animals beat the heat
An official at the zoo said they have implemented a “summer management plan”, under which diets of animals have been changed to include watermelons and cucumbers for simians, bears, elephants and most herbivores. Additionally, coconut water is also being given to simians
Updated on May 21, 2024 05:26 AM IST
Delhi zoo set to receive hornbills from Assam
The Capital will receive the hornbills in exchange for four black bucks — a trade-off approved by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC), the officials said
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 05:42 AM IST
Summer Escape: Delhiites go Zoo-La-La!
From Asiatic elephants to an innumerable variety of deers, Delhi Zoo has innumerable animals that would make your summer trip to these majestic wonders to be successfully spent day.
Updated on Jun 11, 2023 03:24 PM IST
Manvi Singh, New Delhi
Soon, 12-metre boundary wall to protect Delhi Zoo
The Union ministry of environment, under which the Delhi Zoo operates, has sanctioned the grant for the project, officials said
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 11:43 PM IST
Baby hippo, gaur big draws at Delhi zoo; white tiger cubs to be revealed soon
While the baby gaur was born on April 1, the hippopotamus calf was born on March 11. With this, the zoo now has six hippos, four of which are adults. Meanwhile, the gaur count has increased to 10, following the birth of the gaur calf, officials said
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:23 AM IST
Top 5 most popular zoos in India you must visit
Check out some of India's best zoos that allow you to observe wildlife and admire natural beauty all around.
Published on Sep 17, 2022 08:47 PM IST
Akanksha Agnihotri, Delhi
Tiger cub dies at Delhi zoo weeks after mother’s death
Pandey said the cub died of “acute complications” on Tuesday. “The post-mortem examination has been performed, and its viscera is being sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly, for further examinations,” he said.
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 06:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
In suicide bid, man tries to enter lion’s enclosure
Zoo officials later handed the man to police officials posted in the zoo, who then took him to the Nizamuddin police station.
Updated on Sep 07, 2019 06:09 AM IST
New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur and Shiv Sunny
Delhi zoo’s last Cape Buffalo dies after eating plastic
In his Independence Day speech this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to avoid using plastic bags and rid themselves of the habit of using single-use plastic by October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Updated on Sep 05, 2019 06:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur
Wolf from Mysuru dies of snake bite at Delhi Zoo
Although rare, this is, however, not the first time an animal has died in the Delhi zoo because of snake bite. In September 2007, a Rhino died of a snake bite.
Updated on May 21, 2019 07:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur
Wrong leopards, dead blackbucks in botched exchange between zoos
An exchange of animals between National Zoological Park in Delhi and Chhattisgarh’s Nandan Van zoo has gone horribly wrong, with the former alleging that two leopards it got from Naya Raipur are not those it had been promised.
Updated on Sep 12, 2018 06:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur
Five blackbucks dead as infighting breaks out among herds at Delhi Zoo
Allegations have surfaced that the animals started fighting after they got scared and traumatised when the zoo authorities allowed renovation work inside the enclosure without shifting them.
Updated on Aug 24, 2018 08:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur
Delhi Zoo to get white peafowl, leopard cat in largest ever animal exchange programme
The exchange programme would be one of the largest animal exchange programmes the Delhi Zoo had done in recent times, said its director.
Updated on Jul 04, 2018 02:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur
Delhi zoo’s bio-medical waste in dumps may trigger health crisis
Bio-medical waste from the National Zoological Park in Delhi are reaching municipal landfills of the city, along with other garbage, posing a health hazard for lakhs of Delhiites.
Published on Jun 21, 2018 08:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Joydeep Thakur
After 30-year-gap, zoo officials start breeding of tiger with white tigress
The Bengal tiger and white tigress shall be kept together for 3-4 days for mating to take place.
Updated on May 09, 2018 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent, New Delhi