Controversy erupts over resuming Pilikula Kambala in Mangaluru, DC requested to declare 500-metre radius around zoo as ‘silent zone’

High-volume loudspeakers, bands, and crackers used in holding Kambala near Pilikula Zoo affect animal behaviour and breeding. Behavioural change observed in earlier Kambalas at Pilikula, says H. Jayaprakash Bhandary, Director, Pilikula Biological Park