Islamabad: The two lions who died while being transferred from Islamabad’s Marghazar zoo to a farmhouse in Lahore died of suffocation, confirmed the post-mortem report.
Wildlife laws were violated, says the post-mortem report. It indicated that the lungs and stomach of both the big cats had swollen.
The lions suffocated and died during the transfer, the report said, adding that an attempt was made to save them but they could not survive.
