Vadodara: After a wild leopard killed two deers (hog deer and blackbuck) in Vadodara Municipal Corproation(VMC) run Ajwa safari park, the VMC has installed CCTV cameras worth Rs. 11.67 lakh. This task was considered as an urgent one and passed by the Standing Committee without tender, with recommendation by the Municipal Commissioner under section 67-3. DeshGujaratRead More

Vadodara: Eight animals residing in Kamatibaug Zoo lost their lives in the severe flood that occurred after heavy rain and the overflowing of the Vishwamitri River in the city. The bodies of the dead animals were found after the water level in the zoo dropped on Thursday morning. Among the deceased were five nilgai, one Manipuri deer, one tortoise, and a crocodile, along with several birds that were found dead in their cages. A zoo official explained that the enclosures for the nilgai and dee...Read More

Junagadh: A Gir Lion at Sakkarbag Zoo attacked a contractual staffer, causing injuries. The staffer, who is a contract-based employee of the zoo, is hospitalized due to injuries to the shoulder, hand, leg, and head. At 9 am on Friday, a staffer, Dhirubhai Parshottam Tudiya (35), a resident of Bamangam, entered the lion's cage for routine cleaning. Due to a mistake, the inner cage's door remained open, allowing the lion to step out and attack Dhirubhai. Fortunately, other staffers rushed to the s...Read More

Vadodara: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will start e-tourist vehicle facility at Kamati Baug in Vadodara. An agency operates the facility of e tourist vehicles at Kamati Baug at present. However, VMC has decided to make a policy and manage the service by itself. VMC has purchased 5 e-vehicles with a seating capacity of 8 passengers each including the driver. The e-tourist vehicles are used for the service to prevent noise disturbance to the animals and birds and to prevent damage ...Read More

Vadodara: After struggling for life after 9 March attack by a hippopotamus in Sayaji Baug zoo in Vadodara, a security guard namely Rohitbhai died in the hospital. In a shocking incident on 9 March this year, a zoo curator Pratyush Patankar and security person Rohitbhai were attacked by a hippopotamus at Kamati Baug (Sayaji Baug) zoo, here. Curator Pratyushbhai had received a message that a Hippo was injured from back. So he went there to check the matter as per the process. Hippos were not ...Read More

Jamnagar: Twenty antelopes and deer arrived at Ahmedabad airport in a jumbo cargo airplane from South Africa for the Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Kingdom being developed in Lalpur, Jamnagar by Reliance Industries Limited. Reliance Industries Ltd has started developing the world's largest zoo, the Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Kingdom, which will be Gujarat's first private zoo. It will span across 280 acres in Lalpur, Jamnagar. On Thursday, 20 deers and antelopes arrived at A...Read More

Kankariya: Six blackbucks and two royal Bengal tigers (female cubs) sent by Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Zoo to Kankaria Zoo in Gujarat are now open to view for visitors at Kankaria zoo. Kankaria zoo and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar zoo had exchanged animals. Kankaria zoo had more animals and birds than the requirement, so, 3 Indian foxes, 10 Indian porcupines, 2 Emus, and 6 spoonbills were sent to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar zoo. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, in exchange, sent 6 blackbucks and 2...Read More

Vadodara: In a shocking incident today, a zoo curator  Pratyush Patankar and security person Rohitbhai were attacked by a hippopotamus at Kamati Baug (Sayaji Baug) zoo, here. Mayor Keyur Rokadiya brief media persons - "today in Kamatibaug zoo, curator Pratyushbhai had received a message that a Hippo was injured from back. So he went there to check the matter as per the process. Hippos were not coming out of the enclosure and they continued to be in the water. So Pratyushbhai went inside th...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday, 21st July, questioned the PIL challenging the acquisition and transfer of animals to a private zoo, which is being developed by Reliance Industries Ltd and Green Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre Society. According to the attorney for the petitioner Halar Utkarsh Samiti Trust, the permission was only given for a mini zoo and rescue centre for only leopards, but the zoo is on 171-hectare land whereas it should be on less than 100-hectare...Read More