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Quarantine period for wild, exotic animals to be framed soon
New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) A set of guidelines specifying
the quarantine period for wild and exotic animals will be
framed soon to expedite the animal exchange programme between
the zoos within India and abroad.
A four-member panel, comprising two officials from
Animal Husbandry Department and one each from Central Zoo
Authority (CZA) and Delhi Zoological Park, has been formed to
fix the quarantine period an animal will have to undergo when
brought or send to another zoo under exchange programme.
As per the decision taken at a recently held meeting
between the CZA and Animal husbandry department, the committee
will categorise all the animal species, around 5,000 in
number, under ten different headings for whom the quarantine
time period will be defined.
The protocol has to be formulated within a fortnight.
"The need to set up the panel was necessitated after
it was observed that in the absence of any protocol, many
proposals under the exchange programme with foreign zoos have
been in limbo or cancelled due to undue delay," CZA member
secretary B R Sharma told PTI.
Animal husbandry department is the authoritative body
to decide the quarantine period for any animal brought in the
country or sent abroad.
As per the rule, animals entering or going outside the
country are required to undertake a certain period of
quarantine wherein their health status is monitored and are
allowed to be displayed before visitors in the zoo only when
they are declared disease free.
But, the zoos in the country have been facing problems
as in the absence of any protocol on quarantine period, the
supervision period for the animals remain undecided.
This inordinate delay has led to the cancellation of
proposal by the foreign zoos as well as hamper conservation
and breeding plans.
A zoo official while welcoming the formation of panel
expressed hope that it would speed up exchanging of animals
between the zoos, especially that of foreign ones.
"This is particularly true while dealing with the
birds, since they have the innate ability of hiding disease
symptoms. To prevent the spread of the disease, they need to
be quarantined. Same is the case with the animals being sent
abroad," the official added. PTI
the quarantine period for wild and exotic animals will be
framed soon to expedite the animal exchange programme between
the zoos within India and abroad.
A four-member panel, comprising two officials from
Animal Husbandry Department and one each from Central Zoo
Authority (CZA) and Delhi Zoological Park, has been formed to
fix the quarantine period an animal will have to undergo when
brought or send to another zoo under exchange programme.
As per the decision taken at a recently held meeting
between the CZA and Animal husbandry department, the committee
will categorise all the animal species, around 5,000 in
number, under ten different headings for whom the quarantine
time period will be defined.
The protocol has to be formulated within a fortnight.
"The need to set up the panel was necessitated after
it was observed that in the absence of any protocol, many
proposals under the exchange programme with foreign zoos have
been in limbo or cancelled due to undue delay," CZA member
secretary B R Sharma told PTI.
Animal husbandry department is the authoritative body
to decide the quarantine period for any animal brought in the
country or sent abroad.
As per the rule, animals entering or going outside the
country are required to undertake a certain period of
quarantine wherein their health status is monitored and are
allowed to be displayed before visitors in the zoo only when
they are declared disease free.
But, the zoos in the country have been facing problems
as in the absence of any protocol on quarantine period, the
supervision period for the animals remain undecided.
This inordinate delay has led to the cancellation of
proposal by the foreign zoos as well as hamper conservation
and breeding plans.
A zoo official while welcoming the formation of panel
expressed hope that it would speed up exchanging of animals
between the zoos, especially that of foreign ones.
"This is particularly true while dealing with the
birds, since they have the innate ability of hiding disease
symptoms. To prevent the spread of the disease, they need to
be quarantined. Same is the case with the animals being sent
abroad," the official added. PTI
