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New Delhi, September 17The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has recommended to start a capacity-development programme for Delhi zoo’s “very demotivated” animal keepers and roping in more interns and volunteers for assistance, a senior official said on Tuesday. The CZA has also recommended sending the animal keepers to other zoos to learn best practices. A Delhi zoo official, however, said there’s a severe shortage of staff in the zoo. There are only 20 animal keepers left in the zoo, the official claimed. According to a recently conducted census, the Delhi zoo recorded 245 deaths from April 2018 to June 2019 - the second-highest mortality figure in five years..