Former Mayor alleges bid to move Thiruvananthapuram Zoo animals to Vantara, Puthur

V. K. Prasanth | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Former Mayor V.K. Prasanth has alleged that the United Democratic Front (UDF) government is planning to relocate animals in the Thiruvananthapuram zoo to the Vantara zoological centre in Gujarat and the Puthur zoo in Thrissur. A team of senior officials has been sent to Vantara for this purpose, Mr. Prasanth, who had earlier slammed Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan’s proposal to relocate the Thiruvananthapuram zoo from the heart of the city to elsewhere, alleged on Saturday.