A new chapter has been added in the history of Etawah Safari Park. This is the first case in which an Asiatic lion cub has been hand-raised and raised on foreign powdered milk. Meanwhile, the cub’s birthday was celebrated by the safari management on Tuesday. Lioness Rupa at Babbar Singh’s breeding center was separated from her cub soon after birth, after which the cub’s survival was slim.
However, the keeper stationed at the breeding center nurtured the cub like a mother and the cub turned one year old today. The cub’s birthday was celebrated with pomp by the officials and staff of the safari. Similarly, two other cubs, which are three months old, are also being raised. Etawah Safari Park, popularly known as the largest breeding center for Asiatic lions, celebrated the first birthday of Roopa’s cub who was given life with bottle milk.
A meat cake was cut on the kid’s birthday
Not only was a meat cake cut to mark the cub’s birthday, other information related to the cub was also shared. To mark the cub’s birthday, the safari management honored the four people involved in the cub’s care with a memento, a book and a citation. Last year on 3 September 2023, the lioness Roopa gave birth to this cub, but after the birth, the lioness stopped feeding the cub.
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According to safari officials, when a lioness feels that her cub’s life is not safe or she is physically weak, in such situations the lioness stops feeding the cub. In such a situation, a big problem has arisen before the Safari management. This is the reason why many cubs have died since birth in the safari park, but an effort was started to save the life of lioness Rupa through bottle milk.
The first birthday of the child was celebrated
The Safari management teamed up with keeper Ajay, Dr. to take care of this cub. Robin Yadav was appointed. Ajay and Dr. appointed by Safari Management. The result of Robin Yadav’s hard work is that the cub has completed one year and is safe. Etawah Safari Park Director Dr. Anil Kumar says Asiatic lions are very intelligent. She feels that her cub’s life is not safe, so instead of feeding it to the lioness, she takes it away from her.
Chicks are reared with foreign powdered milk
Apart from foreign powdered milk, egg whites are also being fed to the chicks along with padda soup, so that the chick’s body can become strong like other chicks. Etawah Safari Park keeper Ajay Singh, who is playing the role of the mother of the lioness Rupa, was happy with his work and the safari management awarded him Rs 5,000.
The cub is being fed from a bottle.
On September 3 last year, the lioness weaned herself from the cub born from the mating of Kanha and Rupa, instead of not nursing her milk, after which the cub was nursed through bottle milk. Animal Husbandry Department expert Dr.RK Singh was specially posted at Etawah Safari Park.
Dr. CN Bhua and Dr. Robin Yadav of Etawah Safari Park were busy monitoring. Etawah Safari Park Director Dr. Anil Kumar Patel, Deputy Director Dr. Vinay Kumar Singh, Regional Forest Officer Rupesh Kumar Srivastava, Biologist BN Singh and all safari officials were present on the occasion of the cub’s birthday.
