By Haryananewswire
Chandigarh, July 18
With a view to conserve environment and wild
life, Haryana Government has launched a new scheme under which the people can
adopt animals of zoos on reasonable rates and the employees of the zoo would
take care of these animals.
While stating this
here today, an official spokesman said that as environment could be conserved
only with the help of people, the State Government has launched this unique
scheme. Any person may adopt an animal as a gift to a loved
one on anniversaries or other occasions.
He said that names
of all persons adopting animals would be displayed on a board in the zoo and
free entry pass would be provided to five members of each such family. The
passes would be valid for 12 times in a year. He said that the rates have been
decided to adopt animals and the people would have to deposit charges per year
which would be Rs 3.60 lakh for tiger, Rs 52,000 for Indian Fox, Rs 38,000 for crocodile
and alligators, Rs 22,500 for deer, Rs 1.41 lakh for Hippopotamus, Rs 50,000
for bear, Rs 1000 each for partridge, red jungle fowl, cockatiel, Rs 600 each
for Java Sparrow, Love Bird and Budgerigar, Rs. 8500 each for langoor, monkey,
baboon and Rs. 22,500 for black buck.
He said that at
present, Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Mini Zoo has about 268 wild
animals including Crocodile, Black Buck, Sambhar, Barn Owl, Alligators, Silver
Pheasant, Tiger, Love Bird, Java Sparrow, Indian fox, deer, cockatiel, black
bear, leopard and hippopotamus. If any citizen is interested to adopting these
animals, he should contact the concerned officer of the Forest Department.
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