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Big cat breathes her last at Tata zoo

Jamshedpur, July 24: Tata Steel Zoological Society has lost a family member. Varsha, the ailing female leopard, died this morning in the zoo hospital. A post-mortem was done before the nine-year-old was put in an incinerator. A favourite among children, Varsha fell sick after liver complications about a month ago. She had stopped taking food and had lost her strength to be ferocious. Her condition deteriorated gradually till she became completely immobile. She died at 10.15 am today.

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