Safari Park Animal Deaths: High Court Orders Probe Report Submitted
The High Court issued a rule over authorities' inaction in the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger at the Gazipur safari park and ordered the probe report submitted.
The High Court issued a rule over authorities' inaction in the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger at the Gazipur safari park and ordered the probe report submitted.
The environment minister said investigators are checking whether anyone instigated the animal deaths at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.
An ailing lioness died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, following the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger there in January.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur has recorded 25 zebra births but 32 deaths, leaving only 18 zebras after January's die-off.
Two officials of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur were withdrawn after 11 zebras died, and a move to withdraw the project director is under way.
A nyala calf has been born at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur and was recently spotted with its mother in the zebra enclosure.
Four ostrich chicks hatched in an incubator between 5 and 7 January at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur, and more eggs are still incubating.
The female nilgai at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park has a companion at last after a lone male was brought from Ramsagar in Dinajpur, raising hopes of breeding.