Royal Bengal Tiger Shakti, aged 9.6 years, died at Byculla Zoo on November 17, 2025, due to pyogranulomatous pneumonia leading to respiratory failure.

Mumbai: Male Royal Bengal tiger Shakti at Byculla's Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo, who had been brought along with female Royal Ben.

India is home to six remarkable big cat species, each found in a unique landscape. From tigers in the Sunderbans to snow ...

The presence of a Royal Bengal Tiger in Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary since February this year has brought much joy to the state government. However, the lone tiger is also giving sleepless nights to ...

Read our review of *Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo*, now in performances at the Young Vic to 31 January 2026. Read more ...

Shakti is survived by his mate Karishma, a female Royal Bengal Tiger who came along with him to the Mumbai zoo on February 12, 2020. The pair had two cubs—Jay and Rudra—on November 4, 2022. While ...

Weeks after death of Byculla Zoo’s 9-year-old Royal Bengal tiger named Shakti on November 17, it has come to light that yet another tiger had died at Byculla ...

Panic spread across Jorhat town on Thursday morning, November 27 after a Royal Bengal Tiger was reportedly sighted near the ...

Nitin Bankar, a BJP functionary from the Byculla Assembly constituency, has alleged negligence on the part of the zoo authorities and has demanded the post-mortem reports of both tigers. He stated ...

The formal work for the tiger census commenced in West Bengal’s Sundarbans mangrove forest on Thursday as Forest Department ...

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand, long regarded as a sanctuary for the Royal Bengal Tiger, is entering a crucial new phase in its ...

A Royal Bengal tiger cub was spotted near Gangtok, raising hopes for the species in the region. Authorities responded quickly but could not locate the cub during follow-up searches ...