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Mumbai: Expansion on the cards for ‘Happy Fleet’
Updated On: 26 November, 2023 04:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
The Byculla zoo is planning to expand its existing enclosure for penguins, which have increased in number over the last seven years
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Coco (left) and Jerry are two of the three latest additions to the penguin fold at the Byculla Zoo this year
With the number of penguins at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo going from seven to 18 in a span of seven years, the zoo authorities are now planning to increase the space for them.
The zoo had initially acquired eight penguins, comprising three males and five females, from the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, in 2016. With three baby penguins being born this year, the number of penguins has now reached 18. The chicks were named Coco, Stella and Jerry.
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