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Mumbai's Byculla Zoo expected to welcome new penguin chicks this year
Updated On: 25 April, 2023 02:27 PM IST | Mumbai | Ainie Rizvi
Humboldt Penguins at the Byculla Zoo are expected to be joined by more happy feet this year. In 2016, three male and four female penguins were brought from Seoul, South Korea, and inducted into the Mumbai Zoo. Their population might rise via monitored breeding at the artificial facility
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A curious penguin peeps at veterinary Dr. Madhumita Kale, in the special enclosure at Mumbai`s Byculla Zoo. Photo Courtesy: Madhumita Kale
With a total of 12 Humboldt penguins inhabiting the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan And Zoo in Mumbai, the veterinary doctor Madhumita Kale hints at a rise in the population of Penguins. In 2016, three male and four female penguins were brought from Seoul, South Korea, and inducted into the Mumbai Zoo, also known as the Byculla Zoo. Under constant care and monitored breeding by Dr Kale`s team, the Penguin population has been rising significantly.
Dr Kale has been serving as the Humboldt penguins’ vet since 2016, the same year when the happy feet first arrived in Mumbai. She currently heads a team of eight, including doctors and zookeepers who look after Penguins round the clock, in three shifts of eight hours each. A day in the life of Dr Kale’s team watching over the flightless birds is nothing less than an adventure.
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