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Two antheral mandrills were released into an enclosure for nationalist show astatine the Nehru Zoological Park connected March 26, marking the summation of a caller taxon to the zoo’s collection.
The mandrills, siblings aged astir 23 months, were brought nether an carnal speech programme with Jamshedpur Zoo. In exchange, the Hyderabad zoo provided a brace of African lions. Officials said the animals had arrived past period and were kept successful quarantine for 45 days earlier being released into the primate parkland enclosure.
The merchandise took spot successful the beingness of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden Vinay Kumar, and zoo officials.
Authorities said the zoo presently houses 196 taxon with implicit 2,100 idiosyncratic animals. The summation of mandrills is expected to gully much visitors during the summertime season, officials added.
