Tragedy struck again among the Bokaro Steel City animal lovers when Amar— White Tiger cub of the Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park of Bokaro Steel City passed away on Friday afternoon.
Notably Ganga the white tigress given birth of three white siblings— Amar, Akabar and Anthony on 17 May 2012 at Bokaro zoo. Anthony and Akabar died earlier.
BSl officials said : Amar was born on 17 May 2012 to the white tiger pair of Satpura and Ganga, brought from Bhilai's Maitri Bag.
On 26th April, Amar was given his meal around 11.00 AM. He was apparently hale and hearty at that time. later, when the park attendants went to check on him around 3.00 PM, they found Amar dead in his enclosure, Zoo authority informed.
Earlier on 21 June 2012 one month old Anthony was accidentally crushed to death by her mother Ganga at the zoo. During lunch Ganga’s claws had pierced the little body of Anthony and punctured one of his lungs; his ribs too were broken.
According to the post-mortem report Anthony died due to internal haemorrhage as his broken ribs and her mother's sharp nails punctured the lungs, official said.
The second cub Akabar died on 28 November 2012 he suffering from diarrhea and dysentery. All necessary drugs were administrated but despite our best efforts we could not save Akabar, said a zoo
authority.