Mumbai’s Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, popularly known as Ranibaug or Byculla Zoo, has lost two tigers in the past two months. On November 17, a nine-and-a-half-year-old Royal Bengal tiger, Shakti, died due to respiratory failure following pneumonia. Meanwhile, zoo officials said on Friday that two weeks before Shakti’s death, on October 29, a three-year-old tiger cub, Rudra, had died around 10 pm.

When contacted, civic officials said the public announcement of Rudra’s death was not made as the cub had been under long-term treatment and was not kept on public display at the enclosure.

“As per the protocols, the administration had informed the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) as well as the state government immediately after the incident. The cub was ill for a prolonged period and we made se

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