Congress leader Chinta Mohan on August 14 (Monday) demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government shift immediately the S.V. Zoo Park in Tirupati to Vadamalapeta in Nagari Assembly constituency, saying that the move could alone stop the man-animal conflict at the Tirumala hills.
Addressing a meeting in support of the demands of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) employees at the TTD administration building, Mr. Chinta Mohan spoke about death of the 6-year-old girl in leopard attack along the Tirumala footpath recently.
He said the S.V. Zoo Park spreading over 7,000 acres at the Tirumala foothills was attracting wild animals from the reserve forests and the animals were prowling along the footpath lading to Lord Venkateswara temple, posing threats to the devotees.
