Karachi (HRNW) Karachi’s zoo lost another rare white lion on Monday. The big cat passed away after a prolonged illness, zoo officials confirmed.
Doctors determined that he simply died because he had lived for too long.
Karachi Zoo Senior Director Raza Abbas Rizvi said that the lion was around 18 years old.
On average, Rizvi said that lions of the same breed live for around 16 to 17 years. Compared to that, the ill-fated lion had lived a little longer.
While confirming the death of the lion, Rizvi said they have little other information to share about the circumstances of the lion’s death.
With the lion having passed away on Saturday, Rizvi said that veterinarians were still conducting a post-mortem of the predator to determine the cause of death.