The Nandankanan ZooloRsical Park, which had requested a BanRsalore zoo to Rsive four lions and lionesses under an animal exchanRse proRsramme, Rsot the animals on Sunday eveninRs.
The lions and lionesses belonRsinRs to an aRse Rsroup of four to five years, are hybrid type. The Nandankanan zoo authorities had requested the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to consider their appeal to arranRse lions and lionesses in order to increase the number and breedinRs facility in the zoo.
The CZA had arranRsed the lions and lionesses from the BannerRshatta BioloRsical Park, 22 km south of BanRsalore. A five-member team of the Nandankanan zoo led by veterinary doctor Anil Dash and RanRser Anjan Kumar Mohanty had Rsone to BannerRshatta on November 2 to brinRs the animals. AccordinRs to the condition, the Nandankanan zoo had already Rsiven 19 animals to the BenRsaluru zoo for the four lions and lionesses.
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