Shows interest in establishing a Zoo in North Karnataka Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Minister Umesh V. Katti, who visited Mysuru Zoo and inspected the facilities, besides going round the Zoo yesterday, has expressed his desire of establishing a zoo in North Karnataka. Asking the Mysuru Zoo authorities to take steps to breed more animals and birds at…
Minister spends morning with Zoo animals
June 30, 2022Impressed with collections and facilities, Forest Minister Umesh Katti calls it a model Zoo Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Minister Umesh Katti — under whose governance all the nine Zoos in Karnataka comes — took a detailed view of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as Mysuru Zoo, this morning and spent over five hours inside the Zoo…
City Zoo gets 23 guests, now under quarantine
June 18, 20223 Wallabies, 15 Baboons and 5 Ring-Tailed Lemurs will be put on public display soon Mysore/Mysuru: Fresh guests have arrived at the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysuru (Mysuru Zoo) from foreign shores. Though these animals were sanctioned by various international zoos long back as per the International Animal Exchange Programme, these animals have arrived…
Union Minister Gadkari’s family at Mysuru Zoo
June 9, 2022Mysuru Zoo Executive Director Ajit M. Kulkarni presenting a memento to Kanchan Gadkari, wife of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, during the Gadkari family’s visit to the Zoo this morning as other family members look on.
Deep Contractor shares her Antarctica experience
June 1, 202223rd Conservation Speak series held at Zoo Mysore/Mysuru: Deep J. Contractor, who is the first woman forest officer and the third forest officer to reach Antarctica, delivered a talk on her Antarctica expedition at the 23rd Conservation Speak that has been revived now by Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popular as Mysuru Zoo. The talk, ‘My…
Conservation Speak at Mysuru Zoo
May 30, 2022IFS Officers Venuprasad and Deep Contractor to talk tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: Forests are essential for maintaining ecological balance and play an important role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration. Due to various anthropogenic activities, forest area is decreasing rapidly. In recent days one of the biggest issues contributing to the climate change is depletion of forests…
Jaguar, black panther to arrive at Mysuru Zoo from Ukraine?
May 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Zoo has come forward to house a jaguar and a black panther that will be brought from war-torn Ukraine to India after the completion of mandatory processes. The animals were being fed and taken care of till now by Dr. Giri Kumar Patil, a native of Tankara in Mahbubnagar district in Telangana. He…
White tigress Thara gives birth to three cubs at Mysuru Zoo
May 10, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of nine years, a tigress has given birth at Mysuru Zoo and the Zoo authorities said that the mother and her cubs are healthy. Three cubs were born on Apr. 26 to eight-year-old white tigress Thara and four year-old tiger Rocky and the mother and cubs are being closely monitored by…
Shivamogga Gaur Safari to host 21 Indian Gaurs from Mysuru Zoo
May 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Over 21 Indian Gaurs will be shifted from Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) to the Tyavarekoppa Tiger and Lion Safari in Shivamogga to launch the country’s first Indian Gaur Safari. The process of shifting the Indian Gaurs is on, informed Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Chairman L.R. Mahadevaswamy. He was chairing the 151st…
Union Minister seeks animals for Adumalleshwara Zoo
May 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy visited Mysuru Zoo on May 4 and looked at various aspects contributing to the development of the Zoo. His visit comes in the wake of his intention to develop the Adumalleshwara Zoo in Chitradurga — the Parliamentary Constituency he represents — and he…
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