Lioness Bijli gives birth to three cubs at Nandankanan Zoo

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | March 18, 2022 IST

Bhubaneswar, Mar 18: Nandankanan Zoological Park today welcomed new members to the zoo. Lioness Bijli has given birth to three cubs in the wee hours today, informed the Deputy Director of the zoo.   The zoo authorities have informed that out of the three cubs, one cub has died. The mother along with her two cubs have been kept in a separate enclosure and they are under CCTV surveillance by a veterinarian and a Nandankanan worker. The first cub was born at 2.43 am, the second at 3.12 am and the third at 3.38 am. Reports said that the lion Samrat, who was brought from Bilaspur zoo in April, was induced to mate with lioness Bijli. Earlier, Bijli had given birth to four cubs in two times. Two of them have died and the other two were named Kalpana and Barsa and they are grown-up lions now. It is to be noted that currently there are three species of 16 lions and lionesses at Nandankanan Zoological Park which has now increased to 18.

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