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How Jamshedpur zoo beats the heat
by Girija Shankar Ojha

          Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): As the temperature is soaring, a zoo in Jamshedpur is taking extra care of to keep its inmates cool . With maximum temperatures hovering around 44 degree Celsius in the region, officials at the Tata Steel Zoological Park have installed fans, and gives special medicines and three baths a day to animals to bear with the rising mercury. "We started taking precaution 15 days ago. Birds need lot of care. We have covered the top of the cages of the birds with chicks. We are taking even more care of the big animals or carnivorous animals. It is really difficult to keep them cool. We are giving them a medicine, which will strengthen their body to tackle the heat. We are giving them bath three times a day as well. Once in the morning before taking them out of the cage, once in after noon before letting them in the cage and once in the evening before taking them out of the cage again," said M. S. Jain, Director of Tata Steel Zoological Park. Intense heat wave conditions are prevailing over parts of northwest India, Madhya Pradesh and eastern parts of the country.
-April 28,  2007