Kolkata zoo to get kangaroos
May 19th, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, May 19 (IANS) Two pairs of kangaroos, the Australian national animal, will be housed soon in Alipore Zoological Garden here, a West Bengal forest official said.
The four kangaroos will be brought from a Czech Republic zoo under an inter-zoo exchange programme, he said.
“We were informed that some zoos in Europe have successfully carried out kangaroo breeding programme and have spares for exchange so we approached them. Later we got the clearance from the national zoo authority and also from the state government and we now are in the process of arranging the transportation of the kangaroos,” said Raju Das, director of Alipore Zoological Garden.
The kangaroos will be arriving here possibly by May-end, he said.
A separate enclosure has already been made for them in the zoo.
Some thirty years back kangaroos were housed in Alipore zoo, but they could not survive for long.
“This time we are hopeful that the special breed of kangaroos would be able to adapt to the environment. The kangaroos would be kept under special observation for 10 days before they are relocated in the zoo,” said Das.
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