Shri Bhupender Yadav Releases White Tiger Cubs in National Zoo's Arena

Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, flagged off the release of white tiger cubs, named ‘Avani’ and ‘Vyom’ by the Minister himself, in the arena of the white tiger enclosure at the National Zoological Park, New Delhi. The cubs, fathered by Vijay and mothered by tigress Sita, were named after the Minister’s choice of ‘Avani’, meaning earth, for the female cub, and ‘Vyom’, meaning universe, for the male cub.

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Visited Delhi Zoo and gave names to the two newborn white tiger cubs, Vyom (meaning: Universe) and Avani (meaning: Earth), ahead of #EarthDay2023! #MissionLiFE #ProPlanetPeople pic.twitter.com/4TBVFm9chr

— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) April 20, 2023

Flagged off the release of 8-month-old Avni and Vyom into their enclosure in the presence of school children and zoo staff. Visitors to the zoo will now be able to see and say hello to Avni and Vyom. #EarthDay2023 #MissionLiFE pic.twitter.com/p0AVXgmUP4

— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) April 20, 2023

Tigress Sita delivered these cubs on 24.08.2022. Now these two cubs, one male and one female, are about 8 months old. These cubs till now were kept in night shelter and in the side kraal during day time with mother. As the cubs need more area for their movement they are being released in the bigger area i.e. arena in visitor display.

Shri Bhupender Yadav also interacted with school children to promote Mission LIFE and shared the importance of sustainable way of living and natural resource conservation. Group of about 100 students and staff from various schools of New Delhi attended the programme and showed enthusiasm to promote wildlife conservation. After the release of white tiger cubs zoo walk was conducted for the school students.

Director General of Forest & Special Secretary, MOEF&CC Shri Chandra Prakash Goyal, ADG (Forest Conservation) Shri Satya Prakash Yadav, ADG(Wildlife) Shri. Bivash Ranjan, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Shukla ,IG Wildlife Shri Rohit Tiwari and officials from MOEFCC were also present on the occasion.