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Want Tibetan goat or Siamese cat? This zoo is just a bazaar

http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010827/top2.html

 

" WANT to possess a Tibetan goat? Or a Jacobean pigeon or a pair of

budgerigars? This shopping expedition could lead you to the Kamla Nehru

Zoological Park in Ahmedabad, which, apart from housing birds and animals,

is also selling some of them. And though wildlife activists are crying

foul, the zoo has the backing of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).

 

" " The Wildlife Act clearly specifies that a zoo can be used only for

animals that are endangered species. Animals and birds like pigeons, cats,

goats and dogs are not meant to be kept in zoos, " pointed out zoo

superintendent R K Sahoo. "