BLACK BUCKS KILLED IN THE ZOO

HUNTER DOGS KILL BLACK BUCKS IN THE ZOO
The only zoo of north karnataka Binkadkatti ,around 50kms from Hubli was attacked by the hunter dogs from the forest.
Tuesday,17th,April,07 was a holiday and there were only two worers were in the zoo when this incident occured.The staff were able to chase and beat the hunter dogs to death by then two male and 9 female black bucks were already killed.The same animals for which Salman Khan and Tiger Pataudi are facing charges.
The reason quoted is the low height of the fencing wall of the zoo.These dogs may have tasted blood of black bucks in the forest.Inside the zoo the walls surrounding the enclosure are also short.
SInce the past 15 years this place is in the news for all the wrong reasons.It is brought under the Mysore Zoo administrative jurisdiction.
I wonder what our elected representatives do to protect our wildlife.
The staff and officials cannot complain about the lack of funds to maintainance of the zoo and about the zoo income .There is an officer,one staff,one gaurd and eight watchmen working in three shifts
I remember how pathetic the maintainence is in the zoo.It is quite well spread out with 50 acre land.It has wild bear,peacocks,parrots of different colours and variety,crocodiles.But it lacks basic amenities not only to the visitors but also to the animals.Cages are outdated in keeping wild animals yet we find the leopards being kept in cages that defy respect to these beautiful creatures of God
The endangered animals atleast must be given a greater protection inside the zoo.
Last year a leopard had escaped from the zoo and had appeared in a bathroom of a school in Hubli.Later it was shot dead in Shagoti near Gadag.
Earlier criminals had attacked the zoo for huge amount of Sandal Wood stored in this place.They had killed the gaurds and looted the sandal wood.
These cases are as usual registered as police case in the Gadag rural police station and not even one case is resolved.criminals are not identified,the causes are not identified.
A staff of the zoo committed suicide inside the zoo.The reasons were not identified.The affected family was not compensated.
Sometime later dogs and cats enetered the Big bird enclosure and killed many exotic and endangered birds including our national bird ,peacock.The zoo authorities have no clue as to how did this happen or who is responsible for this.
I also wonder if the schools in Hubli Dharwad,Belgaum,Bijapur or Bellary know about the existence of the zoo.The lack of facilities or infrastructure maybe something strange because there was a zoo once in the Indira Glass house,Hubli.That was closed and a open well for Ganesh Visargene is built up but predominantly that place is for defecation by the people living in Girni Chawl.The zoo in Dharwad,near K C park also closed,there is no traces of it and no whereabouts of thse things.

DR.DANIEL KOTI