Single at ten can sure be lonely - at least if it is in case a leopard whose life span is not more than 20 years. But he is helpless because he has been caged in a cell of the Deer Park located in Sambalpur town about 270 km from the Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa. Yes, ‘Nikon’, the bachelor leopard is in search of its female partner since it attained maturity in 2006. But the search is still going on because of the ‘triviality’ of the Deer park authority who clearly violets zoo rules for keeping the wildcat deprived of from its biological needs.
Sources from wildlife department said, the leopard was rescued in 1999 from a poacher at Rairakhol when it was a cub of 10 days old. “It was in a critical condition and in needs of extreme care when we rescued him .so I had decided to keep it in my residence to ensure proper treatment. But it was my wife who took the active role to save the cub, than DFO (wildlife) Mr. SC Mishra told. The cub remained for about 6 months and shifted to the deer park of Sambalpur on august 15th 2000. “I remembered the day I went to deer park to see ‘Nikon’. It was two days after he parted us. But the way he hugged me and slept on my shoulder I could guess he was not happy with this new home”, Mrs., Sandhya Rani, the wife of the former DFO told. But there was no alternative” she added.
“I feel sorry for him as the department has not yet provided a partner. “This is not only a violation of the Zoo rules but also it is inhuman not to provide basic needs”, Mr. Suresh Chandra Mishra told.
According to the Zoo rules, no animal can be kept alone in a zoo with out providing a partner. Providing basic requirement to the animal is mandatory for a zoo. The Zoo rules framed by the central government under section 38H of the wildlife (protection) act 1972 emphasizes not to keep any wildlife alone for more than one year with out providing a partner. The rules says
“Every zoo shall keep the animals in viable, social groups. No animal will be kept without a mate for a period exceeding one year unless there is a legitimate reason for doing so or if the animal has already passed its prime and is of no use for breeding purposes. In the event of a zoo failing to find a mate for any single animal within this period, the animal shall be shifted to some other place according to the directions of the Central Zoo Authority” ( clause 37 of section 10 of the Zoo Rules 1992) Now the Deer Park authority does not give any sufficient reason for the delay in providing a partner to the leopard. They even do not take the matter seriously. “We have not yet procured a female partner as it is quite difficult but we are in search of it and soon we bring one once we get it”, the DFO ( Hirakud wildlife) Mr. D K Swain told. However since the leopard has already attained maturity, the DFO Mr. Swain has convinced the need of a female partner.
Sources from wildlife department said, the leopard was rescued in 1999 from a poacher at Rairakhol when it was a cub of 10 days old. “It was in a critical condition and in needs of extreme care when we rescued him .so I had decided to keep it in my residence to ensure proper treatment. But it was my wife who took the active role to save the cub, than DFO (wildlife) Mr. SC Mishra told. The cub remained for about 6 months and shifted to the deer park of Sambalpur on august 15th 2000. “I remembered the day I went to deer park to see ‘Nikon’. It was two days after he parted us. But the way he hugged me and slept on my shoulder I could guess he was not happy with this new home”, Mrs., Sandhya Rani, the wife of the former DFO told. But there was no alternative” she added.
“I feel sorry for him as the department has not yet provided a partner. “This is not only a violation of the Zoo rules but also it is inhuman not to provide basic needs”, Mr. Suresh Chandra Mishra told.
According to the Zoo rules, no animal can be kept alone in a zoo with out providing a partner. Providing basic requirement to the animal is mandatory for a zoo. The Zoo rules framed by the central government under section 38H of the wildlife (protection) act 1972 emphasizes not to keep any wildlife alone for more than one year with out providing a partner. The rules says
“Every zoo shall keep the animals in viable, social groups. No animal will be kept without a mate for a period exceeding one year unless there is a legitimate reason for doing so or if the animal has already passed its prime and is of no use for breeding purposes. In the event of a zoo failing to find a mate for any single animal within this period, the animal shall be shifted to some other place according to the directions of the Central Zoo Authority” ( clause 37 of section 10 of the Zoo Rules 1992) Now the Deer Park authority does not give any sufficient reason for the delay in providing a partner to the leopard. They even do not take the matter seriously. “We have not yet procured a female partner as it is quite difficult but we are in search of it and soon we bring one once we get it”, the DFO ( Hirakud wildlife) Mr. D K Swain told. However since the leopard has already attained maturity, the DFO Mr. Swain has convinced the need of a female partner.
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