Mumbai: Crowds return to Byculla zoo for penguin, tiger & hyena enclosures | Mumbai News – Times of India

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The Humboldt penguins in their enclosure at Byculla zoo

Mumbai: Visitors to Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo in Byculla reached pre-Covid levels, with the authorities having to shut the gate on some weekends for an hour to new visitors. Data shows that for November 1-22, there were 1.25 lakh visitors, which is around 5,600 daily. Authorities said on weekends visitors touch 10,000-plus. Humboldt penguins, tiger and hyenas enclosures have most visitors. One can visit the zoo between 9.30am-6pm but issuing of tickets is being stopped by 4pm instead if 5.15pm.
Zoo director Dr Sanjay Tripathi said, “The response since we reopened on November 1 was very good. We had to shut the zoo for an hour during weekends as a precautionary measure in case visitors increased to a level that crowds accumulate. The highlights are the new penguin chicks and the tiger exhibit with a water enclosures. We increased security at these two enclosures and we request people to view animals and birds by queuing up.” The tiger was the last animal to have entered in February 2019. Royal Bengal tigers Shakti and Karishma were brought in from Siddharth Garden and Zoo in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city. The Byculla zoo gave Siddharth Zoo two male and two female spotted deer. Tiger Shakti was born in November 2016, while tigress Karishma was born in July 2014.
By next year the zoo plans to get two pairs of lions from Indore and Sakkarbaug zoo. One pair of Asiatic lions will be brought from Sakkarbaug Zoological Park in Junagadh, and another from Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya in Indore. In exchange, Byculla zoo plans to procure two pairs of zebras from Ramat Gan Safari Park in Israel.

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