Penguin At A Mumbai Zoo

Biologist at Byculla Zoo, Dr Abhishek Satam said the zoo is seeing a significant uptick in footfall after the recent birth of three penguins.

The Congress today criticised the Shiv Sena-ruled Mumbai civic body for floating a tender at an estimated cost of Rs 15 crore for the upkeep of seven penguins in the Byculla zoo here for the next three years.

Two years after seven Humboldt penguins made the Byculla Zoo here their home, a four-and-a-half-year old female among them has laid an egg.

The wait is over. Starting today, Mumbaikars can head to the Byculla Zoo to catch a glimpse of the newest members there - 7 Humboldt penguins flown in from South Korea's Coex Aquarium in Seoul. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and the Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar inaugurated a newly-built, exclusive enclosure for penguins at the civic-ru...

The death of a penguin at a Mumbai zoo has translated into a political row with the opposition Congress alleging corruption in a complaint to the Lokayukta or anti-corruption watchdog.

A female humboldt penguin on Sunday died at the city zoo, barely three months after it was procured along with seven others from an aquarium in South Korea.

Biologist at Byculla Zoo, Dr Abhishek Satam said the zoo is seeing a significant uptick in footfall after the recent birth of three penguins.

The Congress today criticised the Shiv Sena-ruled Mumbai civic body for floating a tender at an estimated cost of Rs 15 crore for the upkeep of seven penguins in the Byculla zoo here for the next three years.

Two years after seven Humboldt penguins made the Byculla Zoo here their home, a four-and-a-half-year old female among them has laid an egg.

The wait is over. Starting today, Mumbaikars can head to the Byculla Zoo to catch a glimpse of the newest members there - 7 Humboldt penguins flown in from South Korea's Coex Aquarium in Seoul. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and the Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar inaugurated a newly-built, exclusive enclosure for penguins at the civic-ru...

The death of a penguin at a Mumbai zoo has translated into a political row with the opposition Congress alleging corruption in a complaint to the Lokayukta or anti-corruption watchdog.

A female humboldt penguin on Sunday died at the city zoo, barely three months after it was procured along with seven others from an aquarium in South Korea.