Last year's cyclone that brought down the zoo compound walls
Official version of tiger deaths in Nandankanan
Last year's cyclone that brought down the zoo compound walls
Cattle that strayed in from neighbouring villages, carrying tics and trypanosomiasis
Weeds that grew tall during the monsoon, leading to tic infestations
With only 67 feeding cells for 103 lions and tigers, animals carried food into the open, attracting many flies
Tics and flies carry trypanosomiasis to tigers