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Friday, August 11, 2017
Mumbai: Star tortoises taken from Byculla, handed over to NGO for better care
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The zoo authorities had then set up an enclosure measuring around 70 square feet and put the tortoises inside in a number of shallow trays. (Representational image) The zoo authorities had then set up an enclosure measuring around 70 square feet and put the tortoises inside in a number of shallow trays. (Representational image) After the forest department handed over 23 rescued star tortoises that had been kept at the Byculla zoo to Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW), the non-profit has said it is keeping the animals under close watch , As Reported By IE.

According to the Newspaper,The 23 surviving tortoises, a protected species, are from a batch of 107 that were rescued from various pet shops by the Thane forest department and placed in the care of the Byculla zoo in November 2015. The zoo authorities had then set up an enclosure measuring around 70 square feet and put the tortoises inside in a number of shallow trays. After the forest department officials learnt that most of these animals had died, they decided to hand them over to the NGO earlier this week for better care. Denying allegations of negligence, the zoo maintained that the tortoises had been weak when they first arrived. “They were in a bad shape when they were brought to the zoo, due to the poor conditions in which they had been kept at the pet shops.

 
SOURCE : https://www.nyoooz.com/news/mumbai/892606/mumbai-star-tortoises-taken-from-byculla-handed-over-to-ngo-for-better-care/
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