Zoo authorities and caretakers need to be very well-trained in how to take care of the species. While assurances have been given, it remains to be seen just how well these birds will be looked after.

The activists and a section of the public are justified in their cynicism. We cannot boast of a good record when it comes to animal welfare. The Byculla zoo itself is not a sterling example of animal well-being. Most of the cages are empty and the zoo is bereft of a number of animals. Stunning environs, heritage facades and so much greenery, one cannot help feeling that there is so much potential in this Udyan, but for some reason or the other, we do not have many animals here and the zoo in fact was steadily losing animals year after year.

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This Humboldt penguin project, undertaken at considerable expense, now needs to work here. One assumes a good deal of research and study has happened before their arrival. Now is the time to prove the sceptics completely wrong.

These little birds, dressed like cricket umpires in days of yore, must be so well looked after that they bowl visitors over. Howzatt, Rani Bagh? Are you up for the Penguin test?