Shivamogga zoo to house white tiger for the first time

For the first time, the Tiger and Lion Safari located at Tyavarekoppa near Shivamogga, added a white tiger to its collection on Friday as part of an animal exchange programme with the Aurangabad zoo.

Besides the two-year-old white tiger named Vikram, the Shivamogga zoo received a two-year-old female Royal Bengal Riger named Shravani and a five-year-old female Royal Bengal tiger named Rohini.

Moreover, the zoo received a two-year-old male Asiatic Lion named Shiva, a two-year-old female Asiatic Lion named Sara, and a three-year-old Royal Bengal Tiger named Bhadra from the Indore zoo. With this, six new big cats have been added to the collection of animals at the zoo.

In exchange, Shivamogga zoo sent two Asiatic lions (one male and one female), two sloth bears (one male and one female), two golden jackals (one male and one female) to the Aurangabad zoo. It also transferred two pairs of gaurs and two pairs of ostriches to the Indore zoo, said a communique from V.M. Amarakshara, executive director of the zoo.