Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo is set to receive four Asiatic lions from Gujarat under a proposed animal exchange proposal, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Under the arrangement, the Mumbai zoo will transfer three pairs of tufted capuchin monkeys to Sakkarbaug Zoo in Gujarat. The BMC said both zoos have already agreed to the exchange.
The proposed move is intended to bring Asiatic lions to the Mumbai zoo, though the transfer is yet to be completed. Further formalities related to the exchange are expected to follow.
