Delhi Zoo installs coolers for animals
13 May 2013 6:22 AM IST
The Delhi Zoo has installed desert coolers and exhaust fans in all its enclosures to keep the animals cool during summers.
‘We have installed around 70 desert coolers in almost all the enclosures, including those of tigers, lions, elephants and rhinos, with most enclosures getting two coolers each to keep the animals cool,’ Riyaz Ahmed Khan, curator of the National Zoological Park, said.
Large animals are being given a bath at least twice a day, while in some enclosures like those of rhinos, hippos and buffaloes, the moats and pools were being filled with water and mud to allow them to soak, he said.
‘We are giving the herbivores and primates seasonal fruits like watermelons and cucumbers, while carnivores are being provided with a reduced diet structure of meat so that digestion is easy for them. Plenty of drinking water has also been provided to the animals,’ a zoo official said.
‘Plenty of summer foliages have been added around the zoo to maintain shade along the paths used by visitors, as well as in the enclosure, so that animals can take refuge under them,’ he said, adding, ‘We have also been sprinkling water in the bird cages from time to time.
‘The authorities have also decided to launch battery-operated car service for visitors from next week.
‘We have also installed around 10 water coolers with RO purification systems around the park for visitors,’ he said.
‘We have installed around 70 desert coolers in almost all the enclosures, including those of tigers, lions, elephants and rhinos, with most enclosures getting two coolers each to keep the animals cool,’ Riyaz Ahmed Khan, curator of the National Zoological Park, said.
Large animals are being given a bath at least twice a day, while in some enclosures like those of rhinos, hippos and buffaloes, the moats and pools were being filled with water and mud to allow them to soak, he said.
‘We are giving the herbivores and primates seasonal fruits like watermelons and cucumbers, while carnivores are being provided with a reduced diet structure of meat so that digestion is easy for them. Plenty of drinking water has also been provided to the animals,’ a zoo official said.
‘Plenty of summer foliages have been added around the zoo to maintain shade along the paths used by visitors, as well as in the enclosure, so that animals can take refuge under them,’ he said, adding, ‘We have also been sprinkling water in the bird cages from time to time.
‘The authorities have also decided to launch battery-operated car service for visitors from next week.
‘We have also installed around 10 water coolers with RO purification systems around the park for visitors,’ he said.
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