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| December 31, 2009 | Hot oil massage for elephants in Lucknow zoo to beat cold | | Lucknow: With temperatures dipping across northern India, elephants at the Lucknow zoo are being given mustard oil massages to keep them warm. They are also given warm baths in winter. Two mahouts have been given
this responsibility. The elephants are massaged around three to four times in
a week. "We frequently give oil massages to elephants in the zoo. As the cold
increases, the frequency of oil massage also increases. Generally, we give a massage
once or twice in a week. But now we provide massage three to four times in a
week," said Renu Singh, the Director of Lucknow Zoo. She added that the massage
with mustard oil works as an antibiotic for them. | |
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