Chattbir Zoo to breed Shaheen Falcons
With an aim to enhance their population, the Chattbir Zoo will soon breed the Shaheen Falcon, popularly known as baaz. The number of these endangered birds has been on the decline mainly due to consumption of DDT-infested preys. The bird is revered by the Sikh community as a prized possession of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth guru of the Sikhs. This is for the first time in the country that the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has approved such a project.