Daijiworld Media Network - Mysuru (SP)
Mysuru, Mar 3: A male tiger and a king cobra brought to Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) from Pilikula Biological Park at Mangaluru under animal exchange programme died within two days of their arrival.
The tiger and king cobra in question had been brought here on February 28 from Manglauru in order to add new animals to the zoo's possessions. The animals which died were quarantined as per procedure. The tiger is believed to have died on account of cardiac failure while the king cobra died due to liver problems, the zoo
authorities have claimed.
Pilikula Biological Park (file photo)
A pair of tigers, a pair of king cobras, and a pair of ducks had been brought from Mangaluru on the night of February 27 along with a pair of monitor lizards. The truck carrying these animals had safely reached Mysuru zoo on February 28. In normal course, animals coming from other zoos are quarantined and cared for before they are kept in their respective enclosures. The animals which died were being treated at the hospital inside the zoo compound.
But a male king cobra lost its life on February 29, and the male tiger that was in the cage suddenly collapsed to death on March 1. Post-mortem revealed that it suffered from cardiac failure, it is said.