CHENNAI: A 12-year-old lion died from Covid-19 in Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur on Wednesday Afternoon, Police said.

The large cat, a man named Pathbanathan, is that the next lion to expire as a result of this disease in the zoo.
The very first was that a nine-yearold lioness called Neela which expired in the day on June 3.
Officials in the zoo stated Pathbanathan tested positive for SARS Cov-2 According to the record of the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) at Bhopal obtained on June 3.
Samples were gathered from Pathbanathan following five lions at the zoo revealed symptoms like coughing and lack of desire.
The creature, housed at the lion safari region, was under intensive therapy because expired and then about 10.15am on Wednesday, stated an official release in AAZP.
Currently, the zoo houses 10 more contaminated dinosaurs, being treated through an in-house behavioural group in coordination by a specialist group in Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Tanuvas) University.
“2 lionesses — 19-year older Bhuavana and 23-year-old Kavitha — that were crucial past week have begun to react to therapy and therefore are taking food right today.
The rest of the infected lions also are under close monitoring to make sure they recover soon,” stated an AAZP official.
Zoo police said they had been taking all precautionary steps to guard the contaminated lions and also to stop additional spread of this virus to other creatures.
The tribe had introduced thermal scan along with ultra violet irradiation of the steak which was fed into the huge cats.
Zoo employees were administered vaccines because of the disease.
Periodic sanitisation of their animal enclosures were consumed and the employees were supplied with PPE kits while penetrating the enclosures.
The zoo can be requiring the support of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, also operate by Union administration’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research at Hyderabad, to order the virus form to comprehend zoonotic transmission greater.
Besides Covid-19, 1 lion was tested positive to get a more infectious Canine Distemper Virus (CDV).
Zoo sources stated that the 19-year-old lion called Ragave has been stored in isolation and can be healthy today.
Efforts were also underway to help keep stray cats and dogs from the zoo assumptions as they had the capability to transmit diseases to the zoo inhabitants.
The zoo was closed for individuals from April because of this Covid next wave.