hyderabad for suzi finding a mate is not as simple as logging on to a matrimonial site but then the lonely female chimpanzee has authorities at nehru zoological park nzp on her side trying to find her a suitable mate they are trying to get a male chimp either from the nandankanan zoo in odisha or the sri chamarajendra zoological gardens in mysoreplaying matchmakers the nzp officials have met some success in the past few months in bringing home muchneeded partners for lonely animals at the zoo or as in the case of vasant tsunami the quirkilynamed giraffe some companions to form a small herdwe could not find a mate of a compatible age but we are getting a young pair of giraffes to keep him company we may have them in a month or so said shivani dogra curator of nzp vasant tsunami now 13 was born at the national zoological park in new delhi in dec 2004 the day a deadly tsunami hit banda aceh indonesia the name stuck to the justborn giraffe and since then he has been a great attraction at the zoo the two young giraffes a male and female who will soon be in vasants company are being brought from the kolkata zoo in alipore the pair are set to take a road trip of a lifetime travelling 1500km to hyderabad in specially manufactured crates on trucks the transfer has been approved by the central zoo authority zoo veterinarian dr ma hakeem said asked how it feels to be a matchmaker for animals dogra said loneliness stresses out animals and it feels wonderful to bring some companionship in their lives but the process can be tricky we dont know how one animal reacts to another so we take all precautions said dogra this includes finding a companion of suitable age a younger animal may end up getting dominated other aspects are the animals health and pedigree we do not want a relative of the animal ending up as its mate to prevent inbreeding she said and after all this the two animals may just hate each other