Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization

Acknowledgements
I
am grateful to many people for making possible this publication on Barrier Design. First I
would like to thank Shri S. C. Sharma, Addl. DGF (WL), MOEF (Retd.) and Shri P. R. Sinha,
Director, Wildlife Institute of India, Dr. B. R. Sharma, Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority, Shri S.
K. Patnaik, Retd. Addl Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Orissa, Dr. L. N. Acharjyo and Ms. Sally
Walker, who encouraged this writing and publication of this manual. Dr. Jon Coe, Landscape Architect for editing
the earlier draft of the guidelines, Mr. Adit Pal and Mr. Bernard Harrison for providing detailed illustrations
without whom it would have not been possible to bring out this publication. I would also like to acknowledge
with thanks the intellectual guidance provided by the Shri T. Ramakrishna, Retd. Principal Chief Conservator of
Forests. Andhra Pradesh. I would also like to thank the following for their contribution to the data and comments:
Shri A. V. Joseph, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Andhra Pradesh; Shri K. N.
Banerjee, Ex. Curator, Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad; Dr. N. Krishna Kumar, Ex. Director, Arignar Anna
Zoological Park, Chennai; Dr. E. Narshimulu, Ex. Curator, Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati; Shri
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Ex Curator, Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Vishakhapatnam; Shri D.N. Singh Director,
National Zoological Park, New Delhi; Shri R. Bhattacharjee, Ex DFO, Assam State Zoo, Guwahati; Shri G.
P. Sharma, Ex Director, Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens, Lucknow, Dr. A Dubey, Ex Veterinary Officer,
Kanpur Zoo, Kanpur. Last but not the least, this publication could not have been written without the support of
my parents, family members particularly my wife. Thanks are also due to Shri Bipul Chakrabarty for guidance
and Shri Vivek Goel, Data Processing Assistant, CZA for help in data analysis. Thanks are also due to Madhu
Bala Pramod Kumar Jha, Gopal Swamy and Thakur Das for their help in locating the files and xerox works.
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