Jespa The Lion Dies: 11-Year-Old Captive Big Cat Passes Away in Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park Due to Illness
The big cat, who was born in September 2011 to 'Ravindra' and 'Shobha', had not been keeping well for some days now, and had even been taken off the popular 'Lion Safari' here, he said.
Mumbai, November 27: Eleven-year-old lion Jespa died in Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Sunday due to illness, a forest official said. Lion Cub Dies After Being Hit by Passenger Train in Gujarat.
The big cat, who was born in September 2011 to 'Ravindra' and 'Shobha', had not been keeping well for some days now, and had even been taken off the popular 'Lion Safari' here, he said. Mountain Lion Dies in Surgery After Being Shot by Police in California.
The post mortem report did not suggest anything suspicious, after which the carcass was cremated, he said.
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