Travel
Sites Visit
Goa, Karnataka,
Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh in
South India, Delhi, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh in North India, Assam, Bengal,
Sikkim in East India |
| |
Baby
hyena turns cynosure of all eyes at Bhopal zoo by
Ram Chand Sahu Bhopal:
Officials at the Van Vihar National Park, the zoological gardens in Bhopal
are a delighted lot since a little hyena cub has been brought here from the jungles.
The little female cub has become a cynosure of all eyes here. Forest rangers overseeing
the jungles in Satna region, about 377 kilometres from Bhopal , found this abandoned
young hyena, although the hyenas are known to be very possessive, caring and social.
Soon the Conservator of Forests at Satna rushed the orphaned hyena to the Van
Vihar National Park. Prior to arrival of this young hyena, the park had just one
old hyena and now the authorities are delighted on the inclusion of this cub amongst
other animals in the park. "We had just one hyena in our national park (zoo),
which is very old. Now this baby hyena has come from Satna forest. We are more
than willing to accept this hyena in our park. We are taking care of its food
and rearing it. We want this baby to grow up into healthy adult hyena so that
it can stay in the park for longer period," said S. S. Rajput, Director of the
Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal . Veterinarians at the zoo have assessed the
hyena cub to be around three months old. The park officials have christened it
as “Lusi”. Presently, the cub is on a diet of minced fish and milk, being fed
through a feeding bottle. A hallmark of Van Vihar National Park at Bhopal is that
all the animals are kept in almost their natural habitat. Most of the animals
here are either orphaned ones, usually traced in the state's forests or brought
from other zoological gardens under exchange programme. There are different types
of hyenas such as brown hyena, striped hyena, spotted hyena or the laughing hyena.
Hyenas are regarded as nature's major scavengers. They also feed on small animals,
insects and even fruits. Of course there are instances of hyenas collectively
targeting a game larger in size such as deer and calves of wild buffaloes, if
found alone. A pack of hyenas is usually nomadic, moving from one water hole to
another but never straying more than 6 miles (10 km) from one. -July
12, 2009 Go
To Top | |
|