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Two lions died in a week
May 30, 2011 Visionmp.com news service
BHOPAL (PTI): Another lion died after the death of a 20-year old lion last week, due to old age at Van Vihar Zoo and Animal Rescue Centre here, officials said.
Two lions died in a short span of a week at the same zoo. Inder died of old age on May 25, while Akbar, which was 21 years old, died this morning, the Zoo Assistant Director A K Khare stated.
A month before his death Akbar suffered a paralytic attack and left the food from the last five days, Van Vihar Veterinarian Dr Atul Gupta said.
Since last week the animal was on fluid, he said. Akbar had been rescued from Rajkamal Circus in Korba and brought to the rescue centre on October 22, 2006. He told that the average life span of lion was 15 years.
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