Overview
- An official order moved oversight of Range 1 and Range 2 to two officials on an interim basis pending completion of an inquiry.
- Zoo leadership has formed a committee led by the joint director to examine the allegations, and the director says no such incident was reported to him at the time.
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change officials inspected the National Zoological Park earlier this week following the complaint.
- The workers’ union alleges staff used chilli powder and fire to flush out an escaped jackal, which they say died in a bear den and was disposed of without a veterinary report or mandatory postmortem.
- Internal reports to the probe officer note gaps in CCTV footage from key areas due to a stated hard‑disk failure and reference footage showing two staffers removing an item on December 18.