Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to his Odisha counterpart, Naveen Patnaik, seeking a pair of white tigers from Nandankanan zoo for the zoo-cum-rescue centre that is coming up at Mukundpur, near Govindgarh, in the state.
Mr Chouhan said in the letter, sent yesterday, that Madhya Pradesh can gift a pair of normal (coloured) Bengal tigers to the zoo in Bhubaneshwar in return.
In 1953, a white male tiger was captured by Maharaj Martand Singh of Rewa princely state in Madhya Pradesh. This tiger, after mating with a normal coloured tigress, fathered white tiger cubs in captivity.
The new zoo-cum-rescue centre at Mukundpur would have a breeding centre, which would be named for the late Martand Singh, to acknowledge his efforts for the captive breeding of white tigers, Mr Chouhan adds in his letter.
Mr Chouhan said in the letter, sent yesterday, that Madhya Pradesh can gift a pair of normal (coloured) Bengal tigers to the zoo in Bhubaneshwar in return.
In 1953, a white male tiger was captured by Maharaj Martand Singh of Rewa princely state in Madhya Pradesh. This tiger, after mating with a normal coloured tigress, fathered white tiger cubs in captivity.
The new zoo-cum-rescue centre at Mukundpur would have a breeding centre, which would be named for the late Martand Singh, to acknowledge his efforts for the captive breeding of white tigers, Mr Chouhan adds in his letter.
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