{
  "id": 18233952,
  "title": "Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo closer to getting four Asiatic lions from Gujarat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/mumbais-byculla-zoo-closer-to-getting-four-asiatic-lions-from-gujarat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T02:33:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbais-byculla-zoo-closer-to-getting-four-asiatic-lions-from-gujarat/article71667153.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai’s Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden and Zoo in Byculla, commonly known as Rani Baug, is on the verge of receiving four Asiatic lions from Gujarat’s Sakkarbaug Zoological Park. This development comes after a meeting between Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at Patel’s residence in Gandhinagar. The Gujarat administration has been directed to expedite the administrative process for the animal exchange, which includes transferring two pairs of Asiatic lions from Sakkarbaug to Byculla zoo in return for three pairs of tufted capuchin monkeys.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Mumbai: Byculla Zoo Moves Closer To Getting 4 Asiatic Lions From Gujarat After 12-Year Gap; CM Bhupendra Patel Directs Officials To Expedite Transfer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/mumbai-byculla-zoo-moves-closer-to-getting-4-asiatic-lions-from",
        "published": "2026-11-04T23:05:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}