chennai keen on watching a liontailed macaque or a royal bengal tiger in their enclosures at the vandalur zoo but cannot find the time to travel to the suburbs fret not the click of a mouse will soon bring these animals alive on your computer screenzoo managers soon plan to install 20 infrared cameras in the enclosures of animals such as lion tiger leopard jackal indian gaur liontailed macaque and nilgiri langur chief minister j jayalalithaa announced the proposal in the state assembly on thursdaythe cameras besides providing vital inputs to officials about animal behaviour and ensuring security will also be used for live streaming the activities of animals online no zoo in the country has so far had such a surveillance system said a senior wildlife department officialit will help officials study social interaction patterns of animals within a group to ensure their psychological wellbeing roundtheclock electronic surveillance will particularly help monitor the condition of pregnant animals that are easily disturbed by human presence after the birth the cameras will provide the inputs required for proper care of the mother and the newborn including feed and other supplements to the mother the official said the officials will now be able to track stray animals that have proved a constant headache for the zoo managers in november 2012 a couple of stray dogs entered the zoo and ran amok leaving at least a dozen spotted deer dead in their enclosure such stray animals if infected with diseases like rabies could also help the infection spread through the zooa lot of freeranging spotted deer mongoose jackals and porcupines on the premises can be better monitored the official saida few troublemongers among the thousands of visitors who stream into the park daily pose a big problem they throw stones and worse at the animals damage property and generally make a nuisance of themselves now with cameras in place zoo keepers can spot their every move and ensure they behave he said