Excess Nitrate-Bacteria in Grass Kills 11 Zebras

Excessive nitrate and mixed bacterial infections in grass have killed 11 zebras at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur. The matter has come up in the report of the inquiry committee formed in this regard.

Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Md Shahab Uddin said in a press briefing at the Secretariat on Wednesday (February 23).

According to the report of the investigation committee, it has been decided to file a criminal case to take legal action by identifying the culprits.

The minister said it appeared to the committee that the stomachs of the first three zebras had been cut by a sharp object to cover up the deaths of the first three zebras and to establish the cause of the injuries. The report said that a thorough investigation was needed to find out who had cut the stomachs of the three dead zebras.

He said the officer-in-charge would convene a meeting of the Safari Park Medical Board as per the demand of the on-duty veterinary officer. Which amounts to the irresponsibility of the officers in charge. Although there is a practice of making GD in case of unnatural death of an animal, no GD has been made in this case, which is mysterious.