Mumbai zoo's penguin exchange offer faces rejection over high maintenance expenses

Despite offer to all Indian zoos, nobody wants to swap our penguins with their own animals as they are ‘high-maintenance’

The Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Park and Zoo initially acquired eight penguins. File pic

In a span of seven years, the number of penguins at Byculla Zoo has increased from eight to 15, prompting the zoo’s eagerness to engage in penguin exchanges with other zoos across the country.

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