Shivarajkumar fans adopt animals

Mysuru: After Kannada film actor Shivarajkumar adopted zoo animals, his fans have also started adopting animals.
Dr Shivarajkumar Fans Club has adopted peacocks, rhesus monkeys, macaques, mandarin ducks, four-horned antelope and other animals for a period of one year, after making a payment of Rs 89,000, stated a release from the Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens of Mysuru.
The executive director of the zoo thanked the fans of the actor and also corporate bodies, charitable institutions, politicians, animal lovers, yoga exponents and animal lovers for taking care of the zoo animals under the adoption scheme.
Shivarajkumar has adopted an Asiatic elephant in the zoo for a year. The actor adopted Parvathi after paying adoption fees of Rs 75,000 under the scheme.. Shivarajkumar is not the first Sandalwood star to have adopted a zoo animal. Actors Darshan and Chikkanna and cricketers including M S Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble are among those who have adopted animals here. Apart from prominent mutts like Suttur Mutt, political leaders including chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, district minister S T Somashekhar, minister Byrathi Basavaraju and KPCC president D K Shivakumar have also adopted animals at the zoo.