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Video: Meet the doctors who make sure the wild animals at Mumbai’s zoo are stress free

Three veterinarians at Veer Jijabai Bhosle Udyan provide a peek into what it takes to care for wild animals not in the wild.

Omkar Phatak
Nov 18, 2017 · 08:45 am
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