Lioness with Parkinson’s

If you thought only humans suffered from Parkison’s Disease or bedsores, think again. Rani, the only lioness at Indore’s Kamla Nehru Zoo, died in April after a four-year battle with Parkinson’s.

If you thought only humans suffered from Parkison’s Disease or bedsores, think again. Rani, the only lioness at Indore’s Kamla Nehru Zoo, died in April after a four-year battle with Parkinson’s.  She was 22. Six months earlier, the zoo’s sole lion, Akbar, died at 21. The lion, the zoo superintendant said, “was paralytic and suffering from bedsores for the last 4-5 months”, and had to be kept away from crowds in the recent past, ANI reports. A doctor who examined Akbar said the animal had cirrhosis and cysts in the liver. The lifespan of both was in keeping with the average for captive lions.

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