37 endangered animals died at Mumbai zoo in 1 year
As many as 37 endangered animals including 31 black bucks died at Mumbai's Byculla zoo between 2016 and 2017, data released by the Central Zoo Authority revealed. Zoo officials claimed that most animals died due to natural causes. However, activists blamed the zoo's substandard facilities for the deaths, and added that the zoo has "incompetency written all over it."