Tirupati zoo’s blind tiger dies

A long-suffering Royal Bengal tiger, born blind in 2016 at the Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, and battling congenital health issues, died last weekend, news agencies reported quoting a zoo official. The male tiger grew up in the animal rescue centre at the zoo. According to a press release issued by the zoo, a medical test in 2017 found that the animal suffered from epileptic seizures. Curiously, none of the news reports...

Desire for selfie with a lion costs man his life

Selfie deaths are not unusual in India any more. While they are tragic, they are also stupid and avoidable. Take the case of a 38-year-old driver (yes, an adult male human) from Rajasthan who, according to news reports, got the bright idea of clicking a selfie with a lion in Tirupati zoo! It’s hard to say what he was expecting. Maybe he was drunk, as police claimed. Or maybe he thought they could sing ‘Hakuna...