GUWAHATI: Authorities at the Guwahati Zoo have put heaters in the animal enclosures to keep the inmates comfortable throughout the winter while keeping in mind the welfare of the zoo's animals.
The zoo staff was seen keeping heaters close to the cages housing tigers, lions, and other animals. Rajnikanth Deka, a member of the Guwahati Zoo staff, said, "We have planned for heaters and have taken other precautionary steps for animals here so that they don't suffer from cold."
"We have heaters for tigers and lions, and we have used stubble for bears," he remarked. He said, "200-watt bulbs have been set up for the birds, and their cages are covered with plastic at night." Additionally, he claimed that boxes had been set up for nocturnal birds.
According to sources, A Black Panther cub was just born at the Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden in Guwahati to parents Meena and Mohan. After being saved from Doomdooma in Upper Assam's Tinsukia region about nine years ago, Mohan, a male black panther, was nurtured at the Guwahati zoo. He was hand-raised by zoo employees at the age of roughly one and a half months.
In May 2017, Meena was found in the Khowang Range of the Dibrugarh district and was saved by the state forest department. She was then taken to the Guwahati Zoo. After becoming lost and wandering into the villages, the large cat was assaulted and suffered severe injuries as a result.
Assam Zoo now houses a family of five black panthers, making it the only zoo in the nation to house a total of six black panthers in captivity, including the cub. The zoo fraternity is ecstatic and there was a modest party after the cub was born.
The melanistic coloration of any big cat species is a black panther. Five subspecies of leopards in Asia and Africa exhibit melanism. The leopard, meanwhile, continues to receive little attention in Assam.
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