Archive · 19 Dec 2025
Alipore Zoo Loses Third Tigress in Three Months
A tigress at the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata died early Wednesday morning.
She was almost three years old and had been brought from a zoo in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, for breeding.
The tigress was being treated for infections and had a special kind of parasite in her blood.
This is the third tigress to die at the zoo in three months.
Two others died in September, but their deaths were due to natural causes.
The zoo officials are waiting for test results to understand more about this recent death.
A tigress died at Alipore Zoo in the early hours of Wednesday, the third such death in three months.
The tigress was almost three years old and was brought from Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar for breeding.
She was undergoing treatment for infections and had a hemoprotozoan parasite infection.
A post-mortem was conducted, and samples were sent to the veterinary college and hospital in Belgachhia for further analysis.
Two other tigresses died in September, but their deaths were attributed to natural causes.
- Who
- A tigress at Alipore Zoo, Kolkata
- What
- Death of the tigress due to hemoprotozoan parasite infection
- When
- Early hours of Wednesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Alipore Zoo, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Why
- Suffering from a hemoprotozoan parasite infection, undergoing treatment for infections
- Location
- Alipore Zoo, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Date of Death
- Early hours of Wednesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Age of Tigress
- Almost 3 years old
- Origin of Tigress
- Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Cause of Death
- Hemoprotozoan parasite infection
- Treatment
- Undergoing treatment for infections
- Post-Mortem
- Conducted, samples sent to Belgachhia veterinary college and hospital
- Previous Deaths
- Two tigresses died in September, natural causes