38 animals, birds die at Statue of Unity safari in 2 yrs

In response to a question asked by Congress MLA from Lunawada Gulab Singh Chauhan in the legislative assembly, the state government admitted on Tuesday that admitted that out of 295 animals and birds, translocated from other states and abroad, 38 have died in the last two years, as of December 31, 2023.

- DILIP SINGH KSHATRIYA

Replying to the question, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that of the five alpacas procured, three died, while one of the four wallabys died. "Four sun conures, three green-cheeked conures, seven blue pheasants, three silver pheasants (out of the nine procured), three redbilled toucans (out of the four procured), three thiamin deer (out of the five procured), three squirrel monkeys (out of the eight procured) and one marsh crocodile (out of the six procured) were among other animals that died," the reply said.

More than 34 lakh has been spent on such exotic birds and animals in the last two years, as per the details shared.