Bhubaneswar: An animal keeper at the zoo Nandankanan has provided maternal care to a female lion Chainened Barsha during the last six months after the mother did not show any interest after birth.
Prasanta maintained Good (26), has been treating Barsha as a human baby.
Bijli Lionessius Eurasian years supplemented by Samrat Lion gave birth to three children on 21 July last year.
The first was born, followed by two staircases (male and female).
Even after nine hours of birth, the children were not found breast-feeding mothers, as well as the lioness was interested in them.
“The lion lion has a dead child in her womb.
Perhaps the reason behind the lack of interest in being delivered.
After 36 hours, he delivered a child stillborn.
Another reason is Bijli, a mother first, had no previous experience of raising Cubs, “said Sanjeet Kumar, deputy director of Nandankanan Zoological Park.
To save the lives of her two children, the zoo authorities have decided to go to raise a hand.
after the due consultation of the health committee.
“It was very challenging when the children lose colostrum milk.
A room was prepared for their maintenance.
Along with the steps in the room proper hygienic maintenance, strict sterilization of bottle feeding and equipment has also been confirmed,” said Kumar.
Despite taking all the treatments, the boy died after two days.
Zoo Authority was consulted with experts from the National Park Gir, Junagadh in Gujarat Zoo and Lion Safari Etawah in Uttar Pradesh in treating Barsha.
Petlac special cat milk purchased from Kolkata for feeding children.
During the first few days, it is a very challenging task.
He had to milk the milk every two hours for almost three months.
Given the situation Covid-19, Prasanta follow all protocols to protect children from any infection.
“I have to give all my attention to raising a child.
During the early days, I did not visit my home while taking care of her.
I was happy that he was playing and growing,” said Prasanta, who had previous experience of Lion Cub Kalpana raising hand, Tiger Cub and several cubs in a zoo.