Question

In May 2019, the last captive White tiger of Mumbai died. What was the name of the tiger?
1. Balaji
2. Shivaji
3. Vishwanath
4. Bajirao

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Bajirao

​The correct answer is Bajirao.

• In May 2019, the last captive White tiger of Mumbai died. The name of the tiger is Bajirao.
• The last captive white tiger inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) died of age-related complications. The animal was 18 years old. 
• Bajirao was the eldest male in their enclosure.
• Bajirao’s carcass was burnt after the autopsy as per National Tiger Conservation Authority guidelines. There are six remaining Royal Bengal tigers at the park– four female and two male, all above 10 years of age.

• Bajirao was born in SGNP in 2001 to tigress Renuka and tiger Siddharth, both white tigers brought from Aurangabad Zoo in 1999.
• An expert advisory committee, comprising of senior veterinarians, both current and retired from SGNP and the Bombay Veterinary College (BVC), had been monitoring Bajirao’s health over the past four years.
• The tiger’s autopsy carried out by the pathology department of BVC indicated multiple organ failures along with old age as the probable cause of death. “The post mortem findings were suggestive of lesions (rotting or putrefied tissues) in visceral organs such as the kidney, heart, and liver,”