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JAMMU: A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mehta,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>encouraged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>encourage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vaishno\u00a0<\/span>Devi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pilgrims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>zoo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>way\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shrine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>tiger\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>introduced\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jambu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zoo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>month.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mehta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jambu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zoo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagrota\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>assess\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>visitor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>services\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span>efficiency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoological\u00a0<\/span><\/span>park.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>May,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jambu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zoo.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>13\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jambu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zoo,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>biggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>north\u00a0<\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>house\u00a0<\/span><\/span>species\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>relocated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manda\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zoo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Animals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Royal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bengal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tiger\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Asiatic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lion,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>additional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cages.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Lakhs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pilgrims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>visiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mata\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vaishno\u00a0<\/span>Devi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shrine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>atop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trikuta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hills,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>encouraged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>stop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refreshments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>falls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>route\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shrine,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demanded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>large,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>permanent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hoardings\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promoting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>zoo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>put\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>airport,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>train\u00a0<\/span><\/span>station,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>path\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shrine.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tiger\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>easily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span><\/span>25,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>draw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>particularly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kids.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Mehta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>encouraged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision-makers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>consider\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>hippopotamus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoological\u00a0<\/span><\/span>park\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>additional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attraction.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoo’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visitor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>volume\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increased.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Schoolchildren\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nature\u00a0<\/span>enthusiasts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>education\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>animals,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>behaviour,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>key\u00a0<\/span><\/span>characteristics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>associated\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mehta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demanded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zoo’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cafeteria\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>natural\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interpretive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operational\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>away\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noticing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>closures.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>various\u00a0<\/span><\/span>animal\u00a0<\/span>enclosures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>praised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>employees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wonderful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>care\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>animals.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mehta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“sinking”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>land\u00a0<\/span>areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>specialists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>engaged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quick,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>low-cost\u00a0<\/span>solutions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>resolve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>problem.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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