Now a lioness dies at Gazipur Safari park

An African lioness died today due to sickness at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur's Sreepur.

Amir Hossain Chowdhury, head of the forest conservators, confirmed the death of the lioness.

The 11-year-old lioness first fell ill on August 11 last year. Since then, veterinary doctors from the Safari Park, National Zoo, Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh Veterinary Teaching Hospital continuously had been giving treatment to her, said Amir.

Due to the illness, she had been suffering from various complications including bleeding from the mouth and respiratory problems.

Around 4:15 pm yesterday, the lioness started trembling and later Safari Park Surgeon Dr Md Mostafizur Rahman gave her treatment, added Amir.

And again today around 7:30 am, she was given treatment as she suffered from breathing problems. Later around 1:00 pm, the lioness was found dead, he said.

A postmortem would be conducted on the lioness, Amir also said.

At least 11 zebras and a tiger died at the park last month.