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12 Bengal tigers die at Indian zoo since June 23
NEW DELHI. July 7: A 12th Royal Bengal Tiger died today of either sleeping sickness or its antidote in a southeastern zoo, putting zoological parks across India on the defensive, reports AP.
A national team of veterinarians sped to Orissa to find out what has killed 12 Royal Bengal tigers since June 23 at the Nandankanan Zoo. home to India's largest collection of the rare animals.
Eight of the dead — Including seven-year-old Abinash. who died today — were white tigers, members of the world s biggest collection of the .specially bred type
Some wildlife experts mid animal rights activists have begun demanding the closure of zoos and parks across the country where cash-strapped local governments are unable to build proper cages provide the right food or medical care for animals.
After the Nandankanan Zoo was devastated by the Oct. 29. 1999 super cyclone that killed 10.000 people in Orissa, the tigers and other animals were given "fast days' on which they were not fed. to save money.
Throughout the country, zoo officials were issuing statements saying they had taken precautions to protect their tigers, lions and other animals
But there has been no official report from Orissa on what happened to the tigers.
Zoo officials have said they died of sleeping sickness, caused by tsetse flies. The dis • ease is curable if treated, and the dead and ailing tigers were vaccinated.
But animal experts are raising questions about whether the right medication was given at the right time, or whether an overdose was given — poisoning the tigers.
The Indian Express newspaper reported that a team of drug experts were told after hours of waiting at Nandankanan Zoo for a sample of the medicine in -jected into the tigers on Monday that there was not enough of the medicine left for testing.
The carcasses of the dead tigers were cremated after the zoo conducted postmortems The zoo said the reason was to keep the skins from being sold on the black market.
Tiger hunting is Illegal in India although poaching continues. But now. The Times of India said in an editorial today “Tigers die ignominious deaths from curable disease, in cases where they are put on display. It is a shame that our country, which boasts the largest tiger population, has such a callous and inefficient wildlife' officialdom.