Nandankanan Zoo gets two tiger cubs

Bhubaneswar | Saturday | 13th January, 2018

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BHUBANESWAR: The Nandankanan Zoo here on Saturday got two more tigers as tigress Ankita delivered the cubs. So, Megha and Bijaya have constant fight, zoo officials said.The male cub born to Megha was named Bahubali. Saif came to Nandankanan zoo from a zoo of Hyderabad.In another development, the zoo authorities on Saturday completed renovation of tiger enclosure by putting up extra iron mesh to prevent escape of tigers by scaling the mesh. "Ankita and Saif were allowed mating in October, 2017," zoo officials said. Ankita is fit and she is taking care of the baby tigers," said zoo deputy director Jayant Das.Zoo officials said sex of the cubs can't be known now..