Express News Service
CHENNAI: The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has selected the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, popularly known as Vandalur Zoo, in Chennai among the top 10 zoos in the country to be upgraded to global standards .
Last year, the CZA had set up a 13-member committee headed by Rajesh Gopal, secretary-general of the Global Tiger Forum, which submitted a report recently after which the selection was made with the help of a private consultant. The committee had experts from the CZA, former chief wildlife wardens of some states, landscape architects who specialize in zoo designing and veterinarians, among others. The committee had held a couple of meetings and is now preparing a 10 year vision plan .