{"id":7263,"date":"2020-07-18T22:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T22:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=7263"},"modified":"2020-07-18T22:40:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T22:40:20","slug":"sanjay-gandhi-national-park-royal-bengal-tiger-dies-of-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=7263","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Gandhi National Park: Royal Bengal tiger dies of cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by \t\t\t\t\tSanjana Bhalerao<\/a>
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A 10-year-old Royal Bengal tiger, Anand, died at Sanjay Gandhi<\/a> National Park (SGNP) in Borivali on Thursday from a rare form of cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 10-year-old male was born in SGNP in 2010 to Basanti and Palash. Anand\u2019s brother Yash had also died of the same disease last May at the age of 12.<\/p>\n

Besides cancer, Anand was also suffering from a chronic renal disease. It was under treatment of senior veterinarians of Mumbai Veterinary College for almost a year.<\/p>\n

SGNP authorities had described Anand\u2019s condition as \u201ccritical\u201d and that it had lost a considerable amount of weight since March.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnand died at 5 am on Thursday and its postmortem examination was conducted by a team of veterinarians from Mumbai Veterinary College. It had not consumed solid food for the past 10 days. It succumbed today due to cancer-related complications like progressive cachexia (weight loss and muscle loss) and multi-organ failure. As per protocol, the remains were consigned to flames after the postmortem examination,\u201d said an official at SGNP.<\/p>\n

Last April, an 18-year-old white tiger and the last one inhabiting the SGNP had died due to age-related ailments.<\/p>\n

At present, SGNP is home to five Royal Bengal tigers, including four females. Basanti had mothered four cubs \u2013 Yash, Anand, Laxmi and Puja \u2013 of whom only Laxmi (10) is alive.<\/p>\n

Sultan, who is four-and-a-half-years-old and the lone male Royal Bengal tiger, was brought to SGNP from Gorewada rescue centre in Nagpur last December.<\/p>\n

Last August, twin Royal Bengal tigresses were brought to SGNP from Pench Tiger Reserve in Nagpur.<\/p>\n

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