Eight Asiatic lions housed in Nehru Zoological Park (NZP), Hyderabad have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus, causing respiratory distress in them.
In perhaps the first such reported incident, eight Asiatic lions in the zoo in Hyderabad have tested positive for COVID-19 after their saliva samples werethoroughly examined by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology here, Rakesh Mishra, advisor of the premier research institute said on Tuesday.
The State Bank of India, Hyderabad Circle, has come forward to adopt 15 tigers at Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) in Hyderabad for one year.
NZP authorities made the announcement to mark the 74th Independence Day celebrations on Saturday.
A five-year-old paralysed Asiatic lion, Jeetu, died due to multiple organ failure at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Hyderabad: The Nehru Zoological Park yesterday has received a special gift from Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar Bin Saud Bin Mohammed Al Saud - a pair each of African lions and cheetahs.The animals from National Wildlife
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