BHUBANESWAR: An African lioness, aged 15, died of snake bite here at Nandankanan zoo on Saturday morning. The postmortem confirmed that the animal's blood had both neurotoxic and hemotoxic reaction after it was bitten by a krait.
Zoo authorities said Ganga was brought to the zoo from Israel in 2015 along with three others. Two of the imported lions had already died.
Zoo deputy director Sanjit Kumar said the animal didn't respond to the anti-venom as he had started convulsing because of severe neurological changes. "We tried to save it by administering three vials of anti-venom, but we failed. The snake must have bitten the animal long before we discovered it. The krait was also found near the enclosure," Kumar said.
