Four safaris, including one of tigers and another of lions, were reopened in the Nandankanan Zoological Park here on Saturday for the visitors on the occasion of the Rath Yatra.
For the first time, visitors had the glimpse of melanistic tigers in the tiger safari. The Nanadankanan Zoological Park is the only place wich houses melanistic tigers, according to zoo Director Jayant Kumar Das.
The other two safaris of bears and vegans also attracted visitors on the first day, according to reports.
MP Prasanna Patsani and MlA Priyadrashi Mishra along with Nandankanan officials traveled to the safaris in a bus and saw melanistic tiger Krishna, white tiger Snehashish, lioness Supriya, lion Krish, six bears and hundreds of vegan animals belonging to deer species. Notably, the safaris had remained closed as a tender could not be cleared thrice in the past six months.