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AdvertisingThe Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, popularly called the Byculla zoo, was built in 1982 and is spread over 53 acres. The CZA has accorded the final approval to the Phase III of the Byculla zoo expansion on February 12. The exchange of lion had a hit a roadblock after the Junagadh zoo demanded a giraffe, which is not available with the Byculla zoo. After penguins, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) received approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to get 16 more animals, including emu, mandrill, okapi, jaguar, white lion and chimpanzee. After an exchange of letters between Maharashtra and Gujarat chief ministers, the Byculla zoo will also get lion from Junagadh by March-end as a donation..