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Prashant Vaishnav
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March 18, 2013
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JAMNAGAR: Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has asked the Jamsaheb of erstwhile princely state of Jamnagar, who privately owns and maintains Sir
Peter Scott Nature Park, to spare wild animals for other zoos in the country.
The CZA officials have asked various zoos across the country to spare their surplus animals for other zoos to facilitate an exchange programme. The CZA's website said the nature park in Jamnagar has several surplus animals, including 121 blackbucks, 200
spotted deer, 215 nilgai, four great Indian hornbills, five lesser whistling teals along with one albino, white pelican, nukta, west African crowned crane and marsh crocodile each.
The present Jamsaheb Shatru Shalyasinhji said there is an ambiguity about when and how the CZA will take away all these animals.
He said he has nurtured all these wild creatures with utmost care and it is sad to be parted from them.
"It is not clear who will bear the cost of the upkeep of these animals till they are distributed," he said.
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