Nandankanan Zoo welcomes new members

Bhubaneswar: Visitors at the Nandankanan Zoological Park will now get to see more inmates as five new animal species have arrived from Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai under the animal exchange programme.

Official sources said two Nilgiri Langurs, four white Peafowls, 10 Painted Storks and four Reticulated Pythons have been brought to Nandankan from Chennai Zoo in exchange of 19 animals.

This apart, eight Iguanas have also been brought to the Zoological Park. All new members have been placed under quarantine.

The animals the Nandankanan Zoo authorities exchanged with the Chennai Zoo include two Himalayan Black Bears, one Siamese Crocodile, two Water Monitor Lizards, 10 White Ibis and four Open Bill Storks as per the approval of the Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi, sources informed.