“At the Nagpur zoo, this bird has been stuffed and preserved and is of great educational value to children,” he said.
Majumder added that the clause would also help revive the fast-dying art of taxidermy.
Among zoos that had long been pushing for this clause are the Kerala and Assam zoos, CZA’s Gupta said.
Elcey George, director of the Thiruvanandapuram zoo, Kerala, said, “We have now stuffed two rhinoceroses and several small animals and displayed them in our museum.”