RAJKOT: A 12-year-old male African cheetah died in Junagadh's Sakkarbaug Zoo on Monday.
According to zoo officials, the cheetah named 'Lestad', died due to
liver and kidney failure caused because of old age. The wildcat was born
in Singapore Zoo in 2002.
According to forest department
officials, four cheetahs were brought to Junagadh from Singapore under
Animal Exchange Programme in 2009. Sakkarbaug Zoo got four African
Cheetahs — two males and two females — in exchange of Asiatic lions.
Out of four cheetahs, three died earlier. Now, only one female cheetah
is left at the zoo. Forest officials said normal life of a cheetah in
captivity is 10 to 12 years.
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