Dinosaur park, otter house open at Chhatbir zoo

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Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, August 14

Cabinet Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu inaugurated a dinosaur park at Chhatbir zoo here today during a virtual ceremony on the eve of Independence Day.

To provide scientific information

Chhatbir zoo, in collaboration with Altrview Group, developed the dinosaur park on the PPP mode in which lifelike interactive robotic models of dinosaurs are being exhibited. A sum of Rs5 crore has been spent on the project. The park will also provide scientific information on dinosaurs.

The one-of-its-kind dinosaur park will cope with the international standard of zoo education to understand about prehistoric dinosaurs.

Chhatbir zoo, in collaboration with Altrview Group, developed the dinosaur park on the PPP mode in which lifelike interactive robotic models of dinosaurs are being exhibited. A sum of Rs5 crore has been spent on this project. This park will also provide scientific information about dinosaurs.

The dinosaur park is being developed as an interactive and entertaining zoo education activity, which will provide useful scientific awareness in an interesting way.

An otter house has also been developed at Chhatbir zoo. The smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is an active and playful animal. Chhatbir zoo recently created a new naturalistic exhibit for this species. The exhibit has been created with see-through-glass so that visitors can enjoy the playful underwater movements of the otters.

A sum of Rs35 lakh has been spent for the creation of this otter house. From today onwards, visitors can explore these two newly added features at the zoo.