Kanpur: Famous Allen Forest Zoo is going to organise a Wild Life Week from Oct 1 to 7. During these seven days, the school children will get free entry. There is also a plan to hold various competitions on the occasion.
As the zoo administration will take a decision to increase the entry fee in its forthcoming meeting under the chairmanship of the zoo director Sunil Chowdhary, it is a good chance for the students to enjoy a few time at the zoo. At present, there are as many as 1486 animals and birds of 123 species.
Assistant wildlife conservator Arvind Kumar Singh told that there would soon come a new variety of animals in the zoo. South African pair of zebra is expected to arrive by the month of December. The zebra that is residing at the zoo should be sent to Rajkot. Shanghai deer from Assam, Green Macau from Mumbai have been included in the zoo within one year, added Singh.
