Old age, disease, fatal combats and ingestion of plastic material (how uncaring can we get) claimed 98 zoo animals in the last one year. Victims included elephant, leapard, spotted deer, black buck, saltwater crocodile and samba.
Yearly death-count: 2003-04 - 98 animals, 2002-03 - 156; 2001-02 - 131; and 2000-01 - 121.
- Karnataka minister for forests and ecology in a legislative assembly statement (March 21, 2005).