New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): As the temperature in Delhi increases, the National Zoological Park in the national capital makes arrangements for animals in the zoo to beat the heat.

New Delhi Feb 23 PTI The Delhi zoo will reopen for visitors on March1 after remaining closed for around two months in view of a spike in coronavirus cases in the national capital officials said on Wednesday An official said the zoo was closed for the public on January4 and the link for booking tickets online on its website was disabled The administration has directed all section supervisors to ensure strict complianceof COVID-19 behaviour as the zoo gears up for reopening the official said Thezoo was reopened for visitors on August 1 2021 more than two months after it was shut due to a rise in the number of Covid cases during the second wave of the pandemic Earlier the facility was shut for visitors in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic started ravaging the country and then again in January last year amid bird flu scare PTI GVS RCJ RCJ

New Delhi Sep 23 PTI The Delhi zoo got an ostrich from a facility in Chandigarh on Thursday the second one to arrive here in five months and efforts are on to bring two more from Tamil Nadu soon The ostrich population in the Delhi zoo is being revived after almost five years The facility did not have an ostrich from July 2016 to March 2021 according to officials Delhi Zoo Director Sonali Ghosh said a male ostrich was brought from the Chhatbir Zoo in Chandigarh on Thursday morning This is the second exchange of ostriches between the Delhi zoo and the Chandigarh facility in five months she said We have two male ostriches now Both are from the same clutch We are looking for a pair of female ostriches for them Talks are on with the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai Since the COVID situation has made animal exchanges difficult it will not be easy she said Delhi will also get three lions for breeding purpose from Gujarat under an animal exchange programme soon A lion and two lionesses from Kevadia and Sakkarbaug in Gujarat are expected to arrive in the Delhi zoo In return Delhi will give two hippopotamuses to the western state officials said Another animal exchange with the Gorewadazooin Nagpur is in the works As part of the exchange Delhi will get two tigers The national capital will also receive a pair of sloth bears from the Nagpur facility Chennai is likely to provide a male tiger to Delhi PTI GVS HDA

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): After getting a male ostrich from Chandigarh zoo on Wednesday, Delhi zoo is planning to get a female ostrich from the Southern part of India.

New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Dr Sonali Ghosh, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 2000 batch, on Tuesday took charge as the Director of Delhi Zoo.