The solitary existence of Sunny, the young male giraffe at the Nehru Zoological Park, is set to end, with zoo authorities finding a suitable mate in the Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata.
Sunny was brought under an animal exchange programme from the Kolkata zoo, along with a female partner, Bubli, in 2019 but the latter passed away after a brief illness in 2021.
Apart from Sunny, the Nehru zoo has another senior male giraffe, Tsunami Basant.
The zoo officials said following their request, the Alipore Zoological Garden has agreed to send a female giraffe to Hyderabad and discussions were on to hammer out the final details.
Additionally, visitors to the city zoo can soon look forward to catching a glimpse of a zebra after almost two decades.