Mysuru: “Just like creating awareness on environment protection and nature conservation, there is a need to create awareness on the necessity of wildlife conservation,” opined Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. He was addressing the gathering during the inauguration of the Youth Club at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden, popular as Mysuru Zoo in city this morning.
Stating that the Zoo was established by Chamaraja Wadiyar, Yaduveer said that earlier, when Srirangapatna was the capital of Mysore Kingdom during the rule of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, wild animals which were received as gifts when the Mysore rulers visited other kingdoms were housed in the present Zoo premises.
