Hyderabad: Lions are healthy, clarifies Nehru Zoo Park

Hyderabad: Eighteen out of 20 lions at the Nehru Zoological Park are healthy, said a top forest official on Monday.

The Nehru Zoological Park (NZP), one of the biggest zoos in the country, has 20 lions – 8 African and 12 Asiatic.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forest R. M. Dobiryal said that all lions are healthy, except two lions who are undergoing treatment.

According to the official, there are two veterinary doctors taking care of animals in the zoo. All arrangements are in place to take care of sick animals, he tweeted.

Dobriyal responded to a tweet by Telangana’s Minister for Industry, Information Technology and Urban Development K. T. Rama Rao.

“We will have the Nehru Zoological Park Veterinarians examine the Lions,” Rama Rao had tweeted.