
Precautions to guard lions in city zoo from disease
The Hindu
Animal keepers asked to maintain a distance from big cats
After reports of eight Asiatic lions at the Hyderabad zoo testing positive for COVID-19, the city zoo authorities are ensuring that only keepers who have had two shots of COVID-19 vaccine approach the enclosures of lions, tigers and leopards. Zoo superintendent T.V. Anil Kumar said the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) had issued guidelines for zoos in the light of the surge in COVID-19 cases. On Tuesday, the zoo director, the superintendent and a doctor held a meeting and decided to implement these measures strictly.More Related News

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