BSL mulls handover of Bokaro zoo to govt for better upkeep
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Bokaro: The Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) will hand over the operations of Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park, popularly known as Bokaro Zoo, to the state department of forests, environment and wildlife for improved management and better animal care.
The zoo, set up in January 1989, is current facing manpower shortage, absence of a full-time vet and a steady decline in its animal population, prompting the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to raise several red flags.
Manikant Dhan, BSL's chief of communication, said, "To take the proposal forward, a five-member technical committee has been constituted. The panel will be chaired by the Bokaro divisional forest officer and will have district veterinary officer, BSL general manager in-charge (horticulture) and another official."
Spread over 127 acres, the zoo has leopards, deer, birds and other endangered wildlife and avian species. Managed by BSL, the zoo is a popular getaway spot in the city and has various joyrides.
Questions were raised about the zoo's upkeep after a female leopard died in June this year. The zoo's lone white tigress died of heart failure in 2022 while the only lioness died of a cardiac arrest in 2020. A year earlier, another leopard had died.
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The zoo also lost multiple tigers, lions, deer, EMU and others due to illness and old age in recent years.
BSL management,for the betterment of the zoo and its animals, has urged the state department of forest, environment and wildlife now to take over operations. Officials are hopeful of strengthening staffing, improving veterinary facilities, and reversing the decline in animal numbers to restore the facility as a model wildlife park.
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