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In COVID-19 times, zoos turn into fodder producers

Mysuru zoo is growing Napier grass on a 9-acre wasteland at its rescue centre to cut costs

Fodder grown at the Chamundi Rescue Centre, which is run by Mysuru zoo, at Koorgalli, to meet the forage needs of its herbivores.
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Mysuru zoo is growing Napier grass on a 9-acre wasteland at its rescue centre to cut costs

The crisis-hit zoos of Karnataka are finding new ways of cost-cutting and attaining self–sufficiency in meeting the forage needs of captive animals since their revenue has continued to drop with not much improvement in footfall.The zoos largely rely on gate collections for their maintenance. They had been closed till June due to the lockdown. It has two months since they reop
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