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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Wednesday named six caller cubs — 2 snowfall leopards and 4 reddish pandas — calved astatine the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park successful Darjeeling.
The antheral leopard has been Charming and the pistillate leopard Darling. Additionally, the 4 reddish panda cubs person been named arsenic Victory, Dream, Pahadia, and Hilly.
The manager of the zoo had invited Mamata Banerjee to sanction the cubs during her authoritative sojourn to Darjeeling.
“She enquired astir the zoo and conveyed her champion wishes. She interacted with the shopkeepers of the zoo’s recently rented-out shops. It was an honour for us,” said the zoo director, Basavaraj Holeyachi.
In 1990, a breeding programme for reddish pandas with 4 chaotic animals began astatine the Darjeeling Zoo, besides known arsenic Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.
The augmentation began successful 2022 and betwixt 2022 and 2024, 9 captive-bred reddish pandas were released into Singalila National Park successful Bengal. Five cub births were recorded successful the wild.
Currently, the zoo houses 4 big males, 11 big females, 4 newborns, portion immoderate reddish pandas person been fixed to different zoos successful India and abroad.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who reached Siliguri connected Thursday, aft her three-day Darjeeling tour, besides convened a closed doorway gathering with her enactment leaders.
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