City zoo eyes pork and chicken for big cats, hyenas as abattoir supply dries up

Kolkata: Faced with a rapidly shrinking supply of beef, zoo authorities are scrambling to find alternative food sources for carnivorous animals, with chicken and pork emerging as temporary substitutes amid fears of a prolonged supply disruption.Officials said the crisis has already forced authorities to alter feeding plans for some of the zoo’s largest carnivores, including…

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Three killed as car collides with truck | Gurgaon News

Gurgaon: Three people, including a revenue official with Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a car near Mokalwas village on Pachgaon-Jamalpur Road on Wednesday evening.The victims, Kuldeep (40), a patwari with HSIIDC, Naval Singh (68), a retired Army havaldar, and Samay Singh (70) a…

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Farmers protest airport, rail line projects in Sikar

Jhunjhunu: Farmers staged a protest at the Sikar District Collectorate Monday opposing the proposed airport in the Tarpura area, a railway line linked to a private cement company and several other local demands.Led by MLA Rajendra Pareek, farmer leaders Tarachand Dhayal and Vijendra Singh Kajla, hundreds of farmers and villagers gathered at the Anaj Mandi…

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