The Nandankanan Zoological Park received four new animals late on Monday night from the Junagarh zoo in Gujarat. As a gift, the zoo got two Asiatic lions and two leopards. The two young couples are in the quarantine observation now and have been keptaway from the visitors.
A four- member team, including Assistant Director Kamal lochan Purohit and veterinary doctor Anil Kumar Das had gone Gujarat to bring the animals. Four cages were used to bring the animals to Odisha, the zoo officials sources said.
After the induction of the two lions and the two leopards, the total number of lions at Nandankanan rose to 12, while that of the leopard increased to seven, informed Deputy Director of the zoo CR Mishra.