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Chennai: One lioness dies, eight others test positive for covid-19 at Vandalur Zoo

Name: Chennai: One lioness dies, eight others test positive for covid-19 at Vandalur Zoo
Uploaded: 2021-06-05T14:15:00Z
Description: The renowned Arignar Anna Zoological Park, popularly known as Vandalur Zoo, has reported India's first animal death due to coronavirus infection. A young asiatic lioness Neela, 9, has succumbed to the disease mysteriously on Thursday evening at 6.15 pm. The big cat was asymptotic till a day before her death and the medical records of the animal showed no underlying comorbidities.

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Updated:5th Jun, 2021 at 7:45 PM

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