Prolonged incarceration in confined places leads to several behavioural abberations. This leads to the animals attacking each other. There are many reported cases of elephants attacking others, hippos, crocodiles attacking others of their species.
Unfortunately, rather than closing down the existing zoos, there is a move to increase zoos. MoEF has received ten proposals for new zoos in the country. The Minister of State for MoEF Jayanthi Natarajan while answering to a question in the Lok Sabha said that out of the ten proposals for new zoos, five are from UP and four are from Maharashtra.
Madhya Pradesh has proposed a Zoo and Rescue centre at Mukundpur in Satna district.
Lion Safari in Etawah - which was the pet project of the earlier Mulayam Singh Govt. and was stalled by Mayawati Govt - is being revived by the present Akhilesh Yadav led UP Government. Furthermore, the UP Govt. has proposed a Night Safari in Greater Noida, one zoo at Ramgarh Tal, Agra and Moradabad.
The Maharashtra Government, whose agriculture minister had entered into a cage to pat tiger cubs in 2009, has asked for a leopard rescue centre at Ahmednagar, panther safari at Roha in Raigad district, a rescue centre at Gorewada in Nagpur and Gorewada Zoo in Nagpur.
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