Mumbai, Oct 28 (Mid-Day): No prizes for guessing which political family is keen on adopting two big cats under the animal adoption scheme planned by Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).
Even as the scheme awaits final clearance from the state government, a close aide of Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray had contacted the park authorities, saying that the Thackeray family wants to adopt two tigers.
Speaking to MiD DAY a senior forest department official said, “More than a month ago, a very close aide of Uddhav Thackeray had contacted us to say that he is keen on adopting the captive tigers from SGNP."
He said further: "We told them that approval for the animal adoption scheme proposal is pending with the state government, and once it gets cleared we will inform them of the same, so that they can move forward with the procedure.”