A PAIR of tigers will be shifted from Aurangabad to Byculla Zoo today, February 11, an official said.
The pair of felines, named Shakti and Karishma, are currently lodged at Siddharth Garden and Zoo in Aurangabad city, its superintendent B S Naikwade told PTI. u201c They will get a new home in Byculla Zoo in Mumbai in exchange for four spotted deer,u201d he said. Shakti was born in November 2016 while tigress Karishma was born in July 2014, he said.
The Siddharth Zoo has 13 tigers, whereas the Central Authority has permitted only nine striped animals to be kept at the facility.
Agencies Byculla zoo to welcome two tigers today
