Lioness Maheswari Dies of Heart Attack in Visakhapatnam Zoo

Visakhapatnam: A heart attack due to old age caused the death of an 18-year-old lioness at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam.

According to the zoo officials, this lioness named Maheswari, died late Saturday night.

“The cause of death was severe myocardial infarction (heart attack) due to senility (old age) as per the post-mortem report submitted by the veterinary assistant surgeon,” Vizag Zoo authorities said in a press release.

Maheswari was born in 2006 in Gujarat’s Sakkarbaug Zoo. She was brought to the Vizag Zoo in 2019. Lions survive for about 16 to 18 years in the wild, while Maheswari was in her 19th year of life.