Activists said that three patridges, five hamsters and three rabbits (in picture) were kept in cages at the Anand Bagh park in Airoli.
NAVI MUMBAI: Animal activists of People for Animals (PFA) rescued a few caged birds and animals which were illegally kept for public display at a park in Navi Mumbai s Airoli area on Thursday.
Officials of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and police were also present at the time of the rescue. We had recently received a specific information that three patridges, five hamsters and three rabbits were kept in cages at the Anand Bagh park in Airoli Sector-3. I therefore contacted our founder member Maneka Gandhi who then spoke to the Thane district authorities about it. Finally on Thursday, with the help of NMMC and police officials, we have rescued these caged birds and animals, said the PFA (Unit-2) head, Vijay Rangare.
Smoke and minor flames due to restarting of the fire in an area of 10 acres continued for several hours.
NAVI MUMBAI: A major fire following burning of dry grass led to the death of four newborn puppies in Kharghar near Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra s Raigad district on Wednesday afternoon.
Several trees were also damaged.
While the mother dog managed to escape the fire, she could not save her pups even though she tried to shift them to another sIte behind Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering building, where the grass burning took place in sector 7.
A TOI photographer who was present on the spot at the time of the fire took photos of the charred bodies of the pups.