A 20-year-old lion died following prolonged illness at the Nandankanan Zoological Park on Friday. The lion was under treatment for the last fifteen days in the feeding chamber, zoo official sources said.
The lion was being given liquid food due to illness. A team of veterinary doctors including senior veterinary officer Nalinikant Mohanty, Sarat Sahu and Prabhash Ray were treating the animal.
At present, eight African and two Asiatic lions and lionesses are available in the zoo. After the death of the lion on Friday, only six lions and four lionesses are left in the zoo, the officials said and added that three lions, both male and female, have died in the zoo during the current year.