After Lioness, 12-Year-Old Lion Dies Of COVID-19 At Tamil Nadu Zoo
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The lion, 12, is the second victim to the virus at the zoo near Chennai in two week.
An Asiatic male lion being treated for COVID-19 died on Wednesday, becoming the second carnivore to fall victim to the virus at the zoo near Chennai in two weeks, the first being a lioness. The 12-year old lion, housed in the safari area of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at suburban Vandalur, died in the morning, a senior official said. The animal was under intensive treatment for COVID-19 after it tested positive, the official said in a statement. On June 3, the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal sent a report to the zoo stating that the lion's sample tested positive for the virus.
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