Indore zoo ready to give 6 lions to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary
Indore, Dec 7 (PTI) The Kamla Nehru zoo in Indore hasreadied a proposal to give six of its lions to Kuno-PalpurWildlife Sanctuary in Sheopur.
"We are going send the proposal of six lions to topstate wildlife officials. If we get the green light, we areready to send two lionesses and four lions to Kuno-Palpur,"Kamla Nehru zoo-incharge Uttam Yadav said.
Yadav said that the Indore-based zoo, run by themunicipal corporation, was home to seven lions and fivelionesses at presemt.
The state government had readied Kuno-Palpur sanctuaryfor Gir lions from Gujarat but the plan did not materialise.
Recently the MP Wildlife Board had decided to releasetigers in Kuno-Palpur. PTI HWP LAL MASBNM.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.