N.Panneer Selvam

Injections never won a doctor any friends, and zoo veterinarian, Dr N Panneer Selvam, realized this under a shower of stones and (presumably ) abuse from the chimp enclosure.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi zoo hospital is resonating with the playful sounds of three-month-old Karan, a Royal Bengal tiger cub.

As mercury soars in the national capital, the Delhi zoo authorities have made special arrangements to keep the animals and birds cool in the hot summer.

Providing animals with desert coolers, special pools to wallow in, water-rich diet of fruits like watermelon and electrolyte fluids are some of the special steps taken by the Delhi zoo authorities to bring relief from the searing heat.

Seven months ago, Tejas was fed milk by a family which had taken him under its wing. Now, the cuddly cub has grown bigger and ferocious. He can no longer be petted, and has jaws strong enough to tear into raw flesh.

Time is running out for Delhi zoo's largest and oldest tiger. Naresh, a fierce and restless Royal Bengal Tiger, who has saved many a dull evening for visitors with his growling and angry pacing over seven years, is in the zoo hospital with terminal symptoms of old age.

Delhi zoo's last big effort to usher in a bundle of joy in the chimpanzee enclosure is yet to bear any fruit.

NEW DELHI: A three-member committee of experts on Wednesday began its inquiry into the controversial capture and death of a rogue elephant calf in Chhattisgarh.

After being separated from its mother, life for seven-month-old Tejas has not been easy. The leopard is slowly being taught how to survive in the wild.

Those who set their eyes on Naresh were struck by his ferocity. His huge size and aggression marked him out as the alpha male among the five other of his kind at Delhi zoo.

NEW DELHI: One month after the controversial capture and death of a rogue elephant calf in Chhatisgarh, the environment ministry has finally ordered an inquiry.

On March 24 this year, the Gwalior zoo witnessed a bizarre show of drunken bravado.

The bird song starts at the crack of dawn but Mani and Rita don’t stir until the roar of the Mother Dairy truck breaks the morning calm below the walls of Purana Qila.