Lucknow : The Prince of Wales zoo here has a new task cut out for itself – finding a matrimonial match for two of its female inmates – the zebras Ash and Sanskriti.
The desperate process was set rolling after one of the female zebras, Ash, kicked the male zebra Chetak to death Feb 6.
Admitting they were desperate to “quickly find a male partner for the female zebras”, zoo director Renu Singh told IANS that she had written to the zoos in Delhi, Bangalore and Chandigarh.
She said she has sought to get a male zebra against “surplus animals” that includes a leopard, panther and a hippopotamus.
Zoo officials said the Delhi and Chandigarh zoos cold shouldered the request. The Bangalore zoo responded but expressed its inability to send a zebra since they already had a shortage.
Officials said the search for a male zebra had been initiated on an emergency basis as this was breeding time and the zebra population had already dwindled to just two at the zoo.