The Hindu 27.06.2013
Coimbatore Corporation Zoo gets incubator
The Coimbatore Corporation Zoo armed itself with an
incubator, thanks to the Vaagai Foundation. The organisation presented
the incubator to the Zoo at a function held here on Tuesday. Mayor S.M.
Velusamy in the presence of Commissioner G. Latha placed eggs in the
incubator to mark the start of the function.
M.
Sanjai Gandhi of the Foundation said that after talking to the
Corporation authorities, the organisation decided to donate the
incubator because there were instances of rats eating away eggs. The Zoo
had a few rare birds, which usually laid 60 – 70 eggs every alternate
day. But the birds incubated the eggs only after the last egg was laid
but by then the rats would have eaten away the eggs that were laid
early.
If this was allowed to continue, the Zoo would
loose some of the finest birds it had and that would also result in the
birds not leaving behind young ones.
The incubator would put an end to that, Mr. Gandhi said.
