Hyderabad Nehru Zoological Park's only Cheetah 'Abdullah' dies of heart failure

The Nehru Zoological Park is left with no Cheetah now.

The cheetah gifted by Saudi Prince at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad. File | Photo Credit: PTI

A 15-year-old male Cheetah has died at the Nehru Zoological Park here due to a heart attack, Zoo authorities said on Sunday.

The Cheetah ‘Abdullah’, which was gifted by the Prince of Saudi Arabia more than a decade ago during his visit to the Zoo, died on March 24, they said.

Experts conducted a post-mortem examination and filed a report that the Cheetah had died due to heart failure, a zoo official told PTI. He said samples for an investigation had been collected and a further report may come out within a week.

With the death of ‘Abdullah’, the Nehru Zoological Park is left with no Cheetah now, the official said.