The Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh welcomed three new animals as part of its animal exchange programme with National Zoological Park (NZP) in New Delhi.
The Himalayan goral, the Bengal fox a couple of nilgai deer (Indian antelope) are the new species that have arrived.
This animal exchange programme was approved by Central Zoo Authority in April 2021.
This exchange is being executed in two phases.
IGZP will be getting one more hippopotamus from NZP, New Delhi.