Zoo staff that ThePrint spoke to said that it was likely that the staff was trying to draw the animal out of hiding by lighting fire. But the smoke suffocated the jackal.
While zoo authorities said probe is underway to find out reasons behind his death, experts say it's damning indictment on India's zoo system. Shankar arrived in India in 1998.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is busy posting photos of Shankar gambolling on Delhi Zoo grounds. And now, Zimbabwe and Botswana have volunteered to each send him one female companion.
Failure to comply with WAZA order can lead to indefinite suspension, world body warns. In 2020, ThePrint had reported how Delhi High Court had stepped for well-being of Shankar.
Delhi HC has ordered an inspection of the living conditions of Shankar, the elephant who was a gift to India from Zimbabwe in 1998, and has since lived in Delhi zoo.
Beyond the scale of the India Art Fair lies the deeper pleasure of discovering the elusive new artist, a fresh voice, an unexpected gallery quietly holding its ground.
By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.
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