Bangalore: Twenty lions and tigers have died over 15 months at the Bannerghatta Biological Park.
According a reply by the government to a question in the Assembly, nine tigers and 11 lions in the park died of various diseases and ailments between January 2010 and March 2011.
Of the nine tigers, six were from safari and three rescued from European circuses.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/20-big-cats-died-bbp-15-months
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bannerghatta-np
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pneumonia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuberculosis
