Rhino, hippopotamus soon at Safari Park
By Syed Intikhab Ali July 12, 2009 KARACHI - A Rhinoceros and Hippopotamus will be the next new arrivals in the Safari Park, revealed by the DCO Karachi, Javed Hanif, during his visit to Safari Park here on Saturday, The Nation has learnt.
He was on a visit to review the arrangements made for the 4 baby elephants in the Safari Park.
It may be noted here that arrival of four baby elephants is unique in a sense as there is no other example in country’s 60 years history that four elephants were present at a time in any zoo of the country. These days, people along with their children thronged to the Safari Park to see these elephants.
The Safari Park management claimed that hundreds of thousands citizens visited the elephants enclosure since their arrival.
Hanif directed the park management to initiate arrangements for other animals including Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus Giraffes and other animals.
Whereas, tenders would be floated in this regard as soon as possible. He also directed the zoo staff to pay extra attention to the baby elephants.
Meanwhile, the Community Development Department (CDD) has finally decided that official inauguration and naming ceremony of four bay elephants would be held in last week of July at Safari Park.
The final date of the ceremony would be announced very soon and City Nazim Mustafa Kamal will be the chief guest on the occasion, sources said.
Sources further mentioned that children, who participated in the competition of naming of four baby elephants, would be invited by the Safari Park management to participate in the ceremony. The chief guest would also give awards and prizes to the winning children.