Lioness dies due to tick-bite

The three-year-old lioness, Tapasya, which died at the Etawah lion safari on January 9 lost her life after she was bitten by a tick. Brought along with lioness Jessica and a male named Pataodi from Sakkarbaugh zoo in Gujarat to the Etawah safari on December 28, the lioness had developed severe anemia due to the action of protozoa named ‘babesia’ which destroyed the RBCs in the animal.