Question: Name the snow leopard which is bought to Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in West Bengal’s Darjeeling?
(a) Makalu
(b) Kashi
(c) Bithna
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- According to the press release published in news paper on 23 June 2016 Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) in West Bengal’s Darjeeling will receive a two-year-old male snow leopard named “Makalu”.
- The leopard will be brought to Darjeeling zoo for a global conservation breeding programme.
- Under this programme there are nine lion eight of which are females and only one is male.
- The two-year-old male snow leopard was brought from Dudley Zoological Gardens (DZG) in Britain.
- The snow leopard is named after the world’s fifth highest peak at 27,765 feet on the south-east side of the Everest.
- The conservation and breeding programme of snow leopards at the PNHZP started in 1983.
Reference:
http://www.thestatesman.com/news/northeast/darjeeling-zoo-to-welcome-snow-leopard-from-britain/150073.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/darjeeling-zoo-to-receivesnow-leopard-from-london/article8765413.ece
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/darjeeling-zoo-to-welcome-snow-leopard-from-britain-116062300751_1.html