Zoo Staff Held for Killing Elephants, Tigress and Loin-Tailed Macaque
Usman Merchant & IANS
Mumbai Mirror
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Bangalore, Karnataka (India):
Eight employees of the Mysore zoo have been arrested for poisoning three elephants, a white tigress and a loin-tailed macaque.
These animals had died under mysterious circumstances between August 2004 and October 2005, shocking patrons of the 113-year-old zoo and animal lovers across the state. After nearly a year of investigations the Mysore police with the help of the Corps of Detectives arrested the accused on Friday.
Mysore Police Commissioner Praveen Sood said that some of the zoo employees had killed these animals by lacing their food with Zinc phosphide.The killings were masterminded by former zoo warden Pundarika Rao who, the police believe wanted to tarnish the image of Zoo director Manoj Kumar.Sood said that Rao and some of the zoo employees were not happy with the steps taken by Kumar to streamline the administration and cut expenses in running the zoo.
Interestingly Rao, the main accused in the case is a recipient a state-level wild life conversation award.The killings started with the death of a lion-tailed macaque in August 2004.
Dec 25, 2005
Usman Merchant & IANS
Mumbai Mirror
___________
Bangalore, Karnataka (India):
Eight employees of the Mysore zoo have been arrested for poisoning three elephants, a white tigress and a loin-tailed macaque.
These animals had died under mysterious circumstances between August 2004 and October 2005, shocking patrons of the 113-year-old zoo and animal lovers across the state. After nearly a year of investigations the Mysore police with the help of the Corps of Detectives arrested the accused on Friday.
Mysore Police Commissioner Praveen Sood said that some of the zoo employees had killed these animals by lacing their food with Zinc phosphide.The killings were masterminded by former zoo warden Pundarika Rao who, the police believe wanted to tarnish the image of Zoo director Manoj Kumar.Sood said that Rao and some of the zoo employees were not happy with the steps taken by Kumar to streamline the administration and cut expenses in running the zoo.
Interestingly Rao, the main accused in the case is a recipient a state-level wild life conversation award.The killings started with the death of a lion-tailed macaque in August 2004.
Dec 25, 2005
