An 18-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Nikhil is criticially ill at the Nehru Zoological Park, zoo authorities said.
The big cat has been suffering from age-related complications for the past two months, and has stopped taking nourishment for the last two days.
“The male tiger is ill with Broncho-Pneumonia. Usually tigers live for about 15 years in the wild, and up to 20 years in the protected environment of zoo,” the Zoo veterinarian Mohd. Abdul Hakeem said.
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The feline has been kept under intensive care, and looked after by a medical expert. The zoo has 10 ordinary Royal Bengal tigers and 12 white tigers. Two white tigers and one ordinary tiger are above 15 years of age.
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