“West Bengal: VHP moves Calcutta HC over lioness named ‘Sita’ being housed with lion named ‘Akbar’”, Opindia, February 17, 2024:

“On Thursday (16th February), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) filed a plea before the Calcutta High Court after the West Bengal forest department named a lioness ‘Sita’ and kept it in the same enclosure as a lion named after Mughal tyrant ‘Akbar’.

As per reports, the felines were brought to the Safari Park in Siliguri from the Sepahijala Zoological Park in Tripura. The forest officials had claimed that the lion and lioness were re-christened even before they arrived at Siliguri on 13th February this year.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said that the decision by the West Bengal forest officials amounted to a direct assault on the religious beliefs of the Hindu community. The Hindu outfit has demanded an immediate change to the name of the lioness ‘Sita.’…..”

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