VHP moves Calcutta High Court against Safari Park giving name Sita to Lioness; says it hurts religious sentiments

The plea, which is slated to be heard by the High Court on February 20, said that such an act of naming a lioness after a religious deity has hurt their religious sentiments.

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Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Jalpaiguri circuit bench of Calcutta High Court against a lioness in North Bengal Wild Animals Park at Siliguri (Bengal Safari Park) being named Sita.

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Calcutta High Court

Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Jalpaiguri

Lioness

Sita

Akbar lion