Even as the State is reporting a surge in elephant deaths, the Nandankanan Zoological Park near here on Friday observed the World Elephant Day,
The zoo elephants were fed sugarcanes, bananas, watermelons and apples. Mahuts of elephants were felicitated.
Zoo Deputy Director Sanjit Kumar said, “Be it offline or online, the zoo authorities are making every effort to create awareness about elephant protection. Those who are handling web page, Facebook page of the zoo, they are told to sensitise about elephant protection among the page visitors.”
“We have hosted different events to make day more special. In the morning we conducted signature campaign and on the spot quiz competition on elephants,” Kumar added.
He further said a feeding enrichment programme was held for four pachyderms.