Zoo Nainital

Vol.2 Issue-1 May 2008A Half Yearly Newsletter of Nainital Zoo

Main Works and Activities(From Aug. 2007 to Mar. 2008)

Leopard

Indian Great Horned Owl

A male leopard was brought to Nainital Zoo on 23 Dec 2008. It was trapped from Tarai East Forest Division. The leopard was badly injured, about 3 inch long & 1 ½ inch deep wound wabes on its head and a wound was also in its left thigh. The members of panel of veterinary officers treated the animal immediately. It recovered after about one month of continuous treatment.

An orphaned male barking deer fawn was found in Manora Range, Nainital Forest Division. It was brought to Nainital Zoo on 14th March 2008. The fawn was about one month old and was very weak. Zoo veterinarian looked after it and it recuperated fast.

An Indian Great Horned owl was brought to Nainital Zoo on 3rd Feb 2008. It was rescued from Tarai Central Division Haldwani. Its left claws were wounded and its general condition was not good. The owl recovered after the treatment. Now these animals are for public viewing.

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Dear Readers,

I am sure you have gone through our earlier newsletters of Nainital Zoo. The issue of the new vol.2 is in your hands now, where you will have a glimpse of the activities of the past few months of Nainital Zoo. Apart from the usual activities training camps for our staff and awareness program for public was our thrust area, this year. We had also put up a free medical camp, which was unique event.

A photo feature of the visiting birds of Nainital Zoo is presented in this issue too, which I hope you all will like.

Your suggestions, contributions are very valuable for us. It will help us improving this newsletter. Please do send in your comments on my official email ID or on Nainital Zoo address which are given on the back page.

With best wishes.

Vivek Pandey, IFS

Director

From the Editor's Desk

Ozone Layer Conservation Day16th Sep. 2007 was celebrated as Ozone Layer

Conservation Day. Students from various colleges of Nainital were invited to participate in speech and quiz competitions. About 131 students from class 9th to 12th participated from 9 schools, in these competitions. Sri S. Raju, Commissioner Kumaon was the Chief guest. Sri S.C. Varshney, Retd. Addl. PCCF Uttarakhand, Sri M.D. Upadhayay Retd. CCF UP & Sri R.N. Jha, Conservator of Forests was present as special guests.

Quiz competition was based on Ozone layer depletion and our environment.

Awareness and Educational Program

Wildlife Week Celebration

Prophylactic Measures & Treatment

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Siberian Tiger : A male Siberian Tiger about 14 years old was found limping on 20th Feb 2008. On physical examination it was found that an extra growth of claw was in the paw due to which the tiger was limping. The growth was clipped with the help of bone cutter. The tiger recuperated after the treatment.

Tibetan wolf: A transponder was successfully implannted in a female Tibetan Wolf after tranquilizing animal.

Wildlife week started off with wildlife awareness rally. This was taken out from Nainital flats to Nainital Zoo. 235 students from various schools and colleges of Nainital participated in this rally. Sri S. Raju Commissioner Kumaon flagged off the rally. Some students wore masks of animals on their faces. Others carried posters with slogans on wildlife conservation. At the end of the rally chief guest Sri R.N.Jha, Conservation of Forests and other officers along with the participants of the rally assembled at the auditorium of the zoo, where an oath taking ceremony was conducted for the conservation of wildlife.

Quiz competition was organized for field staff on 2nd October. 24 employees participated in this program. On 2nd & 3rd Oct. 216 students and children were allowed free entry in the Nainital Zoo. Special film shows on wildlife was organized twice daily. On 4th & 5th Oct., 62 villagers from different Van Panchayats visited Nainital Zoo and were allowed free entry. On 6th October, Painting and debate competitions were organised for the students of class 9th to 12th of various colleges of Nainital. The panel of judges were stalwarts like Sri A.N. Singh, Sri Anup Sah, Sri Akshobh Singh for painting competition and Dr. Lalit Tiwari, Dr. Asshih Tiwari and Dr. L.S. Lodhiyal were the honourabel judges for the debate competition.

The topic of debate competition was Industrialization vs Ozone layer depletion. Later prize were distributed to the winners of competition.

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7th Oct. was the concluding day of wildlife week. On this occasion a workshop was organized on wildlife conservation. Students of B.Sc. and M.Sc. of Forestry Department of Kumaon University participated in the workshop which was chaired by Sri R.N. Jha, Conservator of Forests. This was followed by prize distribution ceremony. Prizes were distributed amongst the several competitors.

1. A workshop on Enforcement of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 was held at Nainital Zoo on 24th & 25th 2007. Sri Vivek Pandey, DFO Nainital & Director Nainital Zoo was the resource person of the workshop. He described different sections of wildlife (protection) Act 1972, he also pointed out the short comings of the Act in view of wildlife crime. Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 (Revised 2006) a book was distributed amongst the participants. 117 field staff participated in the workshop.

2. A workshop based on Bio-diversity was held on 31st January 2008, which was organised by Nainital Zoo & sponsored by Directorate of Environment, Haldwani. Sri A.R. Sinha CCF Environment was the resource person. Sri R.N. Jha, Conservator of Forests, Sri VivekPandey, DFO Nainital & Director Nainital Zoo, Sri C.K. Kavidayal, DFO Soil Conservation Nainital

Other Educational Activities

also addressed the participants. Sri A.R. Sinha informed about our rich biodiversity and means to conserve it. He discussed its importance for human life and survival. About 66 field staff of Nainital and Soil Conservation Forest Divisions, were participated in the workshop.

3. A workshop on Forestry, Wildlife Conservation and Law was organized on 14th Feb 2008. Sri Vivek Pandey DFO Nainital Forest Division & Director Nainital Zoo was the resource person. Forest Law, Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, Tree Protection Act 1980 and its implementation/ procedures were informed during the workshop. 104 field staff of Nainital Forest Division, Soil Conservation Nainital, Ramnagar Forest Division & Terai Central Div., Haldwani attended the workshp. The books of Indian Forest Act & Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 were distributed amongst all participants.

4. First Aid Camp was organized on 19th Feb at Nainital Zoo. Dr. Rajesh Sah of B.D. Pandey Hospital, Dr. K.S. Dhami of G.B. Pant Hospital Nainital demonstrated and described the methods to provide first aid in cases of injury, fracture, diahhorea, vomiting, forest fire burns and snake bite etc. Sri Vivek Pandey DFO Nainital & Director Nainital Zoo, Sri Deep Chandra Pant, SDO Nainital, Sri R.B. Singh SDO and 50 field staff of Nainital participated in this camp.

5. A workshop for Veterinary Officer of Nainital District was held on 3rd March 2008 at Nainital Zoo. Sri Vivek Pandey DFO Nainital & Director Nainital Zoo


A two days workshop cum training program was organised for the very first time at Nainital Zoo organized by an overzealous & innovative team members looking forward for some of the good practices for High Altitude Zoos.The workshop cum training program was started on 28th January 2008 with the lighting of auspicious lamp by Chief Conservator of Forests (Kumaon), Director Nainital Zoo, Director Darjeeling Zoo, Director Himanchal Zoo, Deputy Director Gangtok Zoo and Retd. Chief Consevator of Forests from Uttar Pradesh.

In the workshop, along with the above participants, Shri R.N. Jha, Conservator of Forests (South Kumaon), Shri Manoj Chandran, D.F.O. Sliva Hill, Shri A.K. Tripathi, D.F.O. Civil Soyam Almora and Director Deer park, Dr. B.S. Jangpangi, Veterinary Officer from Nainital District, Dr. Deepak Sharma, Veterinary Officer from Darjeeling Zoo, Shri Kaushlendra Singh for pheasant breeding program in Ex-Situ Conditions, Shri Harish Chandra Joshi, Range Officer Nainital Zoo and Shri K.S. Rawat, Range Officer from Silva Hill also participated. Some staff from Nainital Zoo also actively participated in the Workshop.

Shri Vivek Pandey, Director Nainital Zoo & D.F.O. Nainital formally welcomed the participants and introduced the subject.

Two days workshop on high altitude

Himalayan Zoos cum Training Programme

for Directors, Veterinarians & Zoo staff

conducted the workshop. He informed about captive animals of Nainital Zoo their upkeep & sanitation and also discussed about bird flu and precautions to be taken to prevent this virus. Important discussion on curative & prophylactic measures taken for captive animals was held. Sri R.B. Singh SDO (M), Veterinary Officers from Ramgarh, Bhimtal, Nainital, Haldwani, Ramnagar, Chorgalia, Kaladhungi, Dhari, Bhilparao, Kunwarpur, Fatehpur, Kotabag, Lalkuan, Chief Technical officer Haldwani & representative of C.V.O. were present in the workshop.

The first presentation was by Director of Darjeeling Zoo. An overview of the Darjeeling Zoo was presented by him. He very well explained the nuances of the Zoo, right from the entry point to the ambience, its layout plan, main display areas, capture breeding centre, residential area etc. The fauna and floral diversity and its wilderness came alive with the photographic presentation of the zoo. The prized species of zoo like Red Panda and Snow Leopard were also shown. The Director Darjeeling Zoo also mentioned about the tourist inflow, and the new facilities introduced for the tourists. Veterinary Care, Vandalism and Zoo rules were also discussed. Auditorium, Library, Interpretation Center, Record Keeping, Stud Book maintenance, Animal History Card, Signage, Esteemed Visitors, Zoo Memorabilia, and Outreach Programs etc was also informed to the audience.

The next presentation was made by Dr. Deepak Sharma, the Veterinary Officer of Padmaja Naidu Zoo, Darjeeling, started with slides on health care and husbandry in Ex-Situ conditions. Further, he narrated the ways of restraints, illness screening, symptoms of a sick and a healthy animal, reasons of ill health, investigations & diagnosis, Postmortem reporting, Immunization, methods to reduce zoonosis and disease control measures. Dr. Sharma presented some interesting case studies and reports from Darjeeling Zoo.

Dr. Sharma's presentation was followed by Dr. Madan, Veterinary Officer & Deputy Director from Gangtok Zoo. His presentation was on Himalayan Zoological Park, Bulbulay, Gangtok (Sikkim). He also spoke on the veterinary aspects of the respective Zoo. Dr. Madan K.S. Shanker introduced his presentation with the general information about the Gangtok Zoo, its objectives, the present Zoo inhabits and administrative set up. He spoke on the Conservation Breeding Program of Red Panda, Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia), Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus schaeferi), Blood Pheasant (Lthaginis cruentus) and Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur).

The Fourth presentation was by the Director Himalayan Nature Park Kufri (Shimla). He is also the Director of Lion Safari at Renukaji as well as the Director of small Zoo at

Tutikandi near Shimla. He presented a general information about the Zoo, the zoo inmates, Conservation Breeding Program of Himalayan Brown Bear, Musk Deer and Himalayan Tahr, being held at Himalayan Nature Park Kufri. He also informed about the Eco tourism society and its on going projects like quarautine house, Interpretation Centre, Post Mortem Room etc.

The Director Nainital Zoo presented a lecture on on Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital. The Director in his presentation informed about the general information, objectives, Administrative set up, layout Plan, Floral and faunal diversity, free ranging faunal species, collection plan and zoo inmates, establishment of Zoo Management Society, Health Advisory Committee , Health Care and daily monitoring, sanitation and upkeep. Human Resource Development, Rescue Operations & Rehabilitation, Record Keeping, Zoo Rules, Fee Structure, Visitors inflow and Revenue accrued was also informed. Publications, Outreach Programs, etc. were also discussed. The Director Nainital Zoo also narrated some of the success stories of rescue operations and treatment provided to rescued animals.

The last in the series of presentations, was the presentation made by the Veterinary Officer of Nainital district on the veterinary aspect of Nainital Zoo. The Veterinary Officer of Nainital informed about the treatment imparted to cure the open deep wound of rescued leopard, removal and treatment of nail enlargement of Siberian Tiger and successful plaster bandage application in case of Goral etc.

Recommendations/Suggestions

Introduction of Indigenous Species of Pheasants: The Director of Himalayan Nature Park Kufri (Shimla), assured the Director of Nainital Zoo to gift some of the Pheasants Species provided a requisition letter is written to CWLW, Himanchal Pradesh.

The number of rescued Leopards in Nainital Zoo had considerably increased resulting to overcrowding of the Zoo: The Director Shimla zoo also was facing a similar problem. The group was of the opinion to either construct more enclosures or follow the practices adopted in other parts of country.

The whole group unanimously decided that the meet of High Altitude Himalayans Zoos should be organised annually at various High Altitude Zoos with flagging up of more and more issues and the reports of the meet may be sent to the ministry as well as to the concerning Government in the States.

Next day, a trip to Nainital Zoo was organized for the group. The group went around the Zoo and talked to Zoo Keepers, Forest guards, Range Officer, Deputy Ranger etc. They gave invaluable tips on animal health care & upkeep and sanitation. The Group was highly impressed with the kind of cleanliness and management practices adopted at Nainital Zoo. The Veterinary Officers from Darjeeling Zoo and Director Shimla Zoo took a sample of U.P. Agro feed for pheasants breeding program.


Training Activities


1. 20 forest guard trainees from forest Guard Training center Rampur Mandi Chakrata visited Nainital Zoo on Oct. 25th 07.

2. 10 Forest Panchayat member from F.T.I. Haldwani visited Nainital Zoo on 21st Nov. 2007.

3. 28 Scalers of Uttarakhand Van Vikas Nigam from F.T.I. Haldwani visited Nainital Zoo on 24th Nov. 2007.

4. 23 Newly appointed veterinarians from Uttarakhand administrative academy, Nainital visited Nainital Zoo on 19th Jan 2008.

5. 16 Forest Panchayat sarpanchs and members from F.T.I. haldwani visited Nainital Zoo on 23rd Jan 2008.

6. 20 Forest guard trainees and Director from Sona Research Centre, Haryana Visited Nainital on 26th Feb 2008.

7. 18 Forester trainees from Kalagarh wildlife centre visiter Nainital zoo on 21st Dec. 2007.

8. 22 Trainees from eco-tourism centre Choona Khan Ramnagar visited Nainital Zoo on 30th Jan 2008.

9. 30 students from G.I.C. Sher Ranikher visited Nainial Zoo on 7th Feb. 2008.

10. 20 trainees from eco-tourism centre choona khan, Ramnagar visited Nainital Zoo on 7th Feb 2007.

11. 20 trainees from Kalagarh wild life center visited Nainital Zoo on 1st mar 2008.

Quarterly Meeting of Animal Health

Advisory Committee

Quarterly meeting of Nainital Zoo Animal Health thAdvisory committee was held on 12 Oct 2007. Dr.

D.Swaroop H.D.O. & Chief Scientist medical Science Department I.V.R.I. Izzat Nagar Bareilly, Dr. J.L.Singh, Associate Professor Clinical Medicine, Veterinary college, Pant Nagar, Dr, B.S.Jangpangi V.O. Nainital and Dr. L.K. Sanwal V.O. Nainital Zoo were present in this meeting. All members visited the Zoo and checked up the health of zoo animals and were satisfied by zoo animals general health.

Free Medical Camp: A Medical Camp was organized th

on 14 Dec. 2007. Total no. of 88 Zoo visitors, Zoo, Naina & Nagarpalika Range staff were examined by Dr. Ashutosh & Dr. D.N. Sinha or Dr. Sushil Tiwari, Truest Hospital Haldwani. Necessary medicines were distributed among patients free of cost provided by Forest Department.

Annual Meeting of the Management Commitee

of Bharat Ratna Pt. G.B. Pant High

Altitude Zoo Management Society

Annual meeting of the Management Committee of the Bharat Ratna Pt G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo Management Society was held on 16th March 2008 under chairmanship of Sri Subrato Biswas, secretary of Forests and Environment Uttarakhand. Sri Prakah Bhatnagar, Chief Conservator of Forests Kumaon Zone, Nainital, Sri Vivek pandey, DFO Nainital and Director Nainital Zoo, Dr, B.S.Jangpangi, Veterinary Officer, Nainital Sri Dhruva Garbyal ADM Nainital, Sri D.P.Juyal Dy. SP Naianital, Sri Dinesh Lal Sah, President, Hotel Association of Nainital and Sri Vinod Kumar Pandey representative of M.D. Uttarakhand Van Vikas Nigam were present as members of Management Committee of Nainital Zoo.

Some important decisions were taken on different issue which are:-

1. Management committee monitored last year meeting's minutes and its compliance report. The committee satisfied by the progress and compliance status.

2. The committee discussed and approved the proposed works for the financial 2007-08 and 2008-09 .

3. The committee suggested to advertise the requirement of Veterinary officers posts in news papers.

4. The committee also suggested to prepare a project for extension plan in north east side of Nainital Zoo.

5. The website of Nainital Zoo, in the name of www.nainitalzoo.org.in was launched at this occasion by Forest Secretary Uttarakhand.

Leopards thrive in every type of forests and are found all over India except in higher Himalayas. In the higher reaches Snow Leopard (panthera unica) is found. Leopards are basically nocturnal in nature, but they also hunt during the day if need arises. They prey upon cattle, dogs, deer, monkeys, small beasts of prey and rodents. Leopard should not be confused with Cheetah which is now found only in Africa.

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