The second phase work of Orangutan Housing Facility at the Mysuru zoo is ready and all set for the inauguration on Friday at 11 a.m.
The new enclosure for the great apes has been built at a cost of ₹99.20 lakh with financial assistance from the Bank Note Paper Mill India (BNPMI), Mysuru. The entire fund for the project had been donated by the BNPMI, the zoo said.
The Mysuru zoo and the Zoo Authority of Karnataka have thanked the BNPMI for its assistance which, they said, will go a long way in the conservation of orangutan, an endangered great ape, and also in the creation of awareness about its conservation.
