Incessant rains make life of zoo animals hell in Patna

Patna, Aug 18 (UNI) Incessant rains for the past few days have made the lives of the animals of the Patna Zoological Garden miserable.

Director of the Sanjay Gandhi Zoo Rakesh Kumar told UNI today that unidentified people broke parts of the boundry wall of the zoo to clear waterlogging in the adjoining Gardanibagh colony resulting in inundataion of some parts of its area.

'' We are trying to divert the water so that the problem could be avoided, '' he said adding the repair works of the boundary wall were being carried out on war footing.

Continuous rainfall and waterlogging had forced the animals to live in a Pathetic condition, he said.

Foul smell was emanating all around due to filth and garbage floating in the water, he said adding the section of the cage of rhino, Sanghai deer and birds had been bearing the brunt due to the waterlogging and filth.

UNI