African lioness dies at Safari Park in Gazipur

An African lioness died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur on Thursday.

The death was reported when mystery shrouded the deaths of 10 zebras in the park within a span of one month.

The lioness aged around 11 years had been suffering from illness since August last year and it breathed its last at 1 am on Thursday, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

It was given treatment by the park’s veterinary officer after regular consultation with Dr. ABM Shahidullah, former curator of National Zoo in Mirpur and Professor Dr. Md Rafiqul Alam, director of Surgery and Obstetrics department of Veterinary Teaching Hospital under Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. The condition of the lioness kept worsening and it deteriorated further on Wednesday afternoon as its whole body started shivering, said Dr. Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, Veterinary surgeon who treated her.

Ten zebras died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Parkin in a space of one month till Saturday. Nine of the earlier population of 22 zebras at the park died between January 2 and 24, according to the park authorities.

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