Ice Cream, 'Sattu': Animals At Rajasthan's Biological Park Get Special Treats To Beat The Heat

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 16:11 IST

Dietary plans of animals person been adjusted to lucifer the season, with peculiar attraction fixed to tiger and lion cubs, immoderate of whom are experiencing sweltering vigor for archetypal time.

Animals At Rajasthan's Biological Park Get Special Treats (PTI Image)

To shield animals from the aggravated summertime heat, Jaipur’s Nahargarh Biological Park has made respective arrangements, specified arsenic installing godforsaken coolers successful their enclosures and incorporating crystal pick and ‘sattu’ successful their diet.

The dietary plans of the animals person been adjusted to lucifer the season, with peculiar attraction fixed to the tiger and lion cubs, immoderate of whom are experiencing the sweltering vigor for the archetypal time.

Senior veterinary doc Arvind Mathur said that effect crystal pick has been introduced into the animals’ diets. The sloth bears are being provided with ‘sattu’ (protein-rich flour), chromatic and peculiar effect crystal cream, portion cervid and hippopotamuses are being served watermelon and cucumber, Dr Mathur said.

Mercury successful the metropolis is soaring, with the time somesthesia connected Saturday being recorded astatine 42 degrees Celsius, which is expected to emergence further successful the days to come.

“Special measures person been taken to safeguard the animals from the ongoing vigor waves. Desert coolers person been installed, and rainfall guns person been positioned successful the unfastened enclosures of tigers, lions and leopards. These devices assistance support the somesthesia down by spraying h2o successful the enclosures," Dr Mathur explained.

He besides said that a hippopotamus gave commencement to a calf a mates of days back, and other attraction is being taken to guarantee the parent and calf are comfortable.

“Green nets, sprinklers and mud ponds for sambar (deer) and h2o ponds for different animals person been arranged. Adult animals are housed successful unfastened enclosures, portion the cubs person been placed successful the zoo area, wherever they are a cardinal attraction for visitors," helium added.

“To assistance modulate their assemblage heat, they are fixed crystal pick made from beverage and fruits to bears good arsenic caller fruits, chromatic and sattu. Seasonal fruits similar watermelon and cucumber are besides portion of the fare for deer, hippopotamuses and chital," helium said.

To support different animals, specified arsenic panthers, leopards, foxes, baboons, and assorted taxon of deer, from the heat, h2o sprinklers person been installed extracurricular their cages, portion godforsaken coolers person been placed successful the enclosures of tigers and lions.

Nahargarh Biological Park has divers species, including Asiatic lions, Bengal tigers, panthers, hyenas, wolves, deer, crocodiles, sloth bears, Himalayan achromatic bears and chaotic boars. The parkland presently has 13 tigers, including 7 cubs, 5 lions, including 1 cub, 3 leopards and 5 sloth bears, including 2 cubs.

The park, which spans 720 hectares and is portion of the Nahargarh Sanctuary, is located connected the Jaipur-Delhi highway, astir 12 km distant from Jaipur. It is known for its affluent flora and fauna, hosting galore vertebrate and carnal species.

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