Pilikula Biological Park has received a white tigress and a female Ostrich from Arignar Anna Zoo in Chennai, under the animal exchange programme. The Pilikula zoo will send one male Bengal tiger Sanjay, four dholes and some snake species to the Chennai zoo, in exchange.

Mr. Bhandary said in a release that efforts are also being made to procure Asiatic Lion, Indian Wolf, White Buck, Sloth Bear, Hog Deer, Nilgai and varieties of rare birds from Rajkot Zoo of Gujarat, Gorewada Zoo of Maharashtra and Nandankanan Zoo of Odisha.

Surplus animals in Pilikula zoo will be sent to other zoos under the animal exchange programme. The zoos concerned have mutually agreed upon and are waiting for consent from the Central Zoo Authority, Delhi, for effecting animal exchange, he said.