The project is part of the forest department’s ambitious plan to restore the ecological balance in the grasslands and parts of revenue areas where the population of wild boars, nilgai, and other such herbivores has been growing unchecked, leading to damage of standing crops of farmers.
The gorillas are to be brought from Bwindi in Uganda which is home to more than half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas with over 300 living there.
A pair of lions arrived in Mumbai on Friday from Gujarat. The animals – one male and one female – will inhabit the lion enclosure at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali after completing their quarantine period. They will be under observation until they adjust to new surroundings. There was only one lion left at the national park before the arrival of this pair.