indore kamla nehru zoo has started the process of acquiring new white tigers under an animal exchange programme from other zoos zoo officials have sent a proposal to rajkot and visakhapatnam regarding the exchange they have pitched for one male and one female tiger we have sent a proposal and we are awaiting a response since both zoos have white tigers and they need other animals we are expecting a confirmation yadav said yadav said that there are certain protocols involved in the procedure so it might take some time to get the approvalsofficials said that they were planning to send tigers to rajkot zoo some other animals would be sent to visakhapatnam in exchange for a white tigerin the zoos master plan a separate space has been allotted to construct an enclosure for white tigers the work is set to begin soon said nihar parulekar curator and education officer indore zooindore zoo has a total of six tigers however only one enclosure is suitable for keeping them another enclosure has been left empty after a tigress had earlier jumped out of it the zoo would have to shift two of its tigers to another zoo due to the lack of adequate space for the wild catsa report of the central zoo authority has asked officials to shift the tigers temporarily zoo officials said they were planning to send the tigers to bhopal by the end of this month the ownership of the tigers would still remain with indore zoo indore zoo has also made a commitment to send two tigers to bhopal zoo under the programme as they had brought a white tiger from there earlier