TVM Zoo Gets Zebras After a Decade, Sends Cobra to Vantara in Return

Three zebras have arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram zoo from Gujarat's Vantara after a two-and-a-half-day road journey, zoo authorities said on Thursday. 

The arrival of the zebras, after a gap of nine years, is expected to offer a visual treat to visitors, especially during the Onam season, they said. 

The three animals - two three-year-old females and a five-year-old male - were brought from the Greens Zoological, Rescue



and Rehabilitation Centre at Vantara in Gujarat.

State Health and Devaswom Minister K Muraleedharan described the arrival as an Onam gift for visitors. He said it was a matter of happiness that zebras could be brought back to the zoo after several years and that their arrival during the festival season would be a major attraction. 

The minister was speaking after opening the visitor entry area to enable the public to see the zebras.