A total of nine tigers and 11 lions have died due to various reasons, including old age and ill health, in the Bannerghatta Zoological Park here in the past 14 months.

In a written reply furnished to the Legislative Assembly, Minister for Forest C H Vijayashankar today said that 75 animals, including lions, tigers, leopards, snakes and crocodiles, had died in the Park from January one, 2010 to