BANGALORE: Two more tigers at the Bannerghatta Biological Park are critical.
Big cats, Arya and Minchu, are suffering from Escherichia coli (Ecoli).Veterinarians treating them said Arya and Minchu were suffering from liver and kidney dysfunctions and the creatinine level in them had also dropped making chances of their survival very thin.The biological park reported five deaths - three tigers (King, Divya and a cub) and two lions (Laxman and Shankar) - last week.The officials of the park have now categorised the remaining animals in three. Arya, a sevenyearold male white tiger, and Minchu, female sibling of the dead female tigress Divya, have been put under the first category.On condition of anonymity, a senior official of the park said the creatinine level of Minchu was around 9.5 whereas the normal level is 2.The female tigress has had a kidney failure due to the bacterial infection and there are thin chances of her survival.Same is the case of Arya which is suffering from liver dysfunction and dehydration, the official said.Director of the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinarian Biologicals (IAHVB) C Renukaprasad said though the animals were suffering from liver and kidney dysfunctions, they were hopeful that Arya would survive."We have put the animals on the new drug Imepenem," he said. "We are hoping that they will recover."Veterinarian at the park B C Chittiappa said Minchu was still not out of danger. "We are making the best of efforts," he said.Tigress Anu, mother of the dead tigress Divya, and another tigress Gowri and her four cubs have been placed in the second category.Rani, an 11yearold tigress and Lava, a 12 yearold tiger, have been put in the third category.Both of them haven't eaten for the past three days, the park officials said.Following the autopsy report, the park has banned chicken meat for big cats. The report has pointed out that chicken meat was the possible source of bacteria that led to the death of these animals.
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