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Hyderabad: A group of artists from the city adopted nine tortoises at the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) for a period of one year. As part of the novel initiative, on Tuesday, senior artist and curator, Bolgum Nagesh Goud, who led the group, handed over a cheque worth Rs 2.70 lakh to Curator, Nehru Zoological Park, […]
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Mancherial: A female adult sloth bear that got caught in an iron snare was rescued by Forest department officials from the forest near Gudipet village in Hajipur mandal on Sunday. Foresters said the anteater was stuck in the wire noose while it was quenching its thirst at a water body in the forest. A rescue […]
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Hyderabad: Over the last one year several citizens have adopted animals at the Nehru Zoological Park. And on Friday, a city-based software engineer, Pradeep adopted one Asiatic lioness, named Sakshi, at the zoo. During his visit to the zoo, the techie presented a cheque of Rs 1 lakh towards the maintenance of the lioness for […]
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Hyderabad: The State Bank of India, Hyderabad circle, has adopted 15 tigers at Nehru Zoological Park here for a period of one year. Amit Jhingran, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Hyderabad Circle on Monday presented a cheque of Rs 15 lakh towards the adopting charges to Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief […]
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Hyderabad: With Covid showing that it spared none, including animals, authorities at the Nehru Zoological Park here are putting in place precautionary steps to ensure that the virus does not enter the animal enclosures. “So far, all the animals at the Nehru Zoological Park are healthy. However, to make sure that the rising cases in […]
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Hyderabad: Several facilities including a new aviary complex and closed circuit camera surveillance monitoring system were inaugurated at the Nehru Zoological Park by the Minister for Forest and Environment, A. Indrakaran Reddy, here on Thursday. Four Indian wild dog were also released into their enclosure on the occasion. The Indian wild dogs also called Dhole […]
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Hyderabad: Eight-year-old Sanhitha Gurujala, who visited the Nehru Zoological Park along with her mother, Navya Daram, and friends on Saturday, has set an example for many children by offering to adopt a Blue Gold Macaw for six months. Her mother presented a cheque of Rs 15,000 towards adoption charges to A Nagamani, Deputy Curator of […]
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Hyderabad: Manohar, an African lion at the Nehru Zoological Park, was adopted by a Miyapur-based company, Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Limited for a period of one year. The representatives of the company presented the zoo authorities with a cheque for Rs 1 lakh towards the adoption and maintenance charges of the African lion. Speaking on the […]
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Hyderabad: All animals at the Nehru Zoological Park were safe in their respective enclsoures, said the officials who carried out an inspection of the zoo premises in wake of the incessant rains in the past few days. Director, Zoo Parks, Sidhanand Kukrety and Nehru Zoological Park curator V.V.L. Subhadra Devi, accompanied by other senior officials […]
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Authorities to resume services with better crowd management, strict adherence to Covid norms
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Hyderabad: A retired Indian Army personnel has adopted a Lion Tailed Macaque at the Nehru Zoological Park here on Thursday. According to the zoo authorities, 84-year-old A.Krishna Murthy, Indian Army (Retd) and a resident of Hyderabad visited the Nehru Zoo and offered to adopt a Lion Tailed Macaque for a period of six months. For […]
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Medak: A leopard, which was terrorising villagers, was trapped in a cage placed by Forest Department at Kamaram Tanda of Chinna Shankarampet Mandal in Medak district late on Saturday night. The leopard had killed a number of domestic animals and local cattle-herders spotted them many times in forest fringe areas, prompting the Forest officials to […]
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HYDERABAD: Forests Minister A Indrakaran Reddy said forest personnel were striving hard in protecting the forests, which aid in increasing green cover and also help the mankind in different ways. On the occasion of Forests Martyrs Day, the Minister paid homage to forest personnel, who lost their lives while performing their duties, at a programme […]
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Mahabubnagar: Panic gripped residents of Kondapur village in Nawabpet mandal when some wild animal killed a calf on Tuesday. According to forest officials, the cattle were grazing on the outskirts of the village when the animal attack took place. Villagers found the carcass of the calf with injuries, and suspected that a leopard or hyena […]
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Several noteworthy events took place last week across the country. We publish here the gist of a few news events with photographs...
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Gajalakshmi Menaka who was part of the festivities in 2019, will be taking part in the religious processions to be taken out from the historic Sri Ujjaini Mahankali Temple in Secunderabad on July 26
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It being a weekend, several families came to the park and according to the zoo officials, a total of 2,536 animal lovers visited the park on Sunday
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Children below 10 years and adults above 65 years of age have been advised to avoid visiting the zoo especially on weekends and public holidays
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Nehru Zoological Park, is one of the zoological parks carrying out ex-situ conservation breeding to improve the wild population of crocodiles.
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One of the oldest elephants in captivity in the country, Rani joined the zoo in October 1963, and over the decades has been popular with citizens leading the annual Bonalu and Muharrum processions
