The recent cold wave that has been lingering for the past few days in the country has hit zoo animals just as hard as the people.
With people we see the shift from the warm attire to something heavier that suits the cold temperatures but amongst animals the biological and instinctive approaches that have evolved over millions of years have given the answer.
From the national chital-deer or commonly known as spotted dear to the Bengal tiger, the change in temperature has rendered a change in their life as well.
The great number of spotted deer that is present in the zoo is seen huddled together to share their own body heat amongst each other. This is a common scene which is seen among the penguins who although are habituated to cold weather of the pole still huddle together to protect themselves from adverse temperatures.
However. For the more solitary and not so social animals like tigers, they are suffering just as bad as any other living organism in this cold wave. Even the semiaquatic mammal hippopotamus have moved out of the water as their common habitat is the areas stretching across sub-Saharan Africa.
These animals are suffering from lack of proper care. On top of this, the zoo has had a lack of properly trained personnel for a long time. This leaves the animals improperly taken care of. This has continued to this severe cold weather as well.
