Government to move Laxmi, Anarkali out of Byculla zoo

Nearly 15 days after Laxmi killed an unidentified man at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan in Byculla, the state government has decided to shift the elephant and her zoo mate, Anarkali, to the custody of the forest department.Following a directive of the central zoo authority (CZA), which bars all zoos from keeping elephants, the government has started the official procedure to shift the 55-year-old Laxmi and 46-year-old Anarkali, said minister of state for urban development Bhaskar Jadhav …