"The team which did the post-mortem found low level of hemoglobin in the lioness due to which she had stopped taking food. The intestine was found to be empty," said Dr A K Sharma of Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), where the post-mortem was conducted.
The three-year-old lioness, 'Tapasya', which was brought from Gujarat on December 28 for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's pet project 'Etawah lion safari', died last Saturday.
Tapasya, which came along with another lioness Jessica and a lion Pataudi, was taken ill soon after arrival and was being treated by local as well as doctors from Bareilly, director of the Safari, Sanjay Srivastava had said.
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