India, April 9 -- After almost six years, a set of three new blackbucks (also associated with a prominent film star) have arrived at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden, popularly known as the Byculla zoo. Although sequestered in a special enclosure, they will be revealed to visitors to the zoo soon.

The blackbucks, donated by the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Katraj, Pune, reached Byculla zoo on April 3. "They have been in quarantine since then. It is part of our routine procedure to allow them to adjust to the new environment and for us to ensure they are free of diseases. Once the doctors give a go-ahead, we will open them for public viewing," said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

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