16-year-old tigress dies of old age at Pune zoo

A day after International Tiger Day, a 16-and-half-year-old tigress named 'Nandini' died at Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park here on Thursday.

tigress, which h stopped eating for last several days, died of old , said director of zoo Rajkumar Jhav.

Nandini, who was born in captivity at Peshve Park zoo in 2004, was on saline water for last 15 days, he said.

"For last three to four years she was t on display at zoo," Jhav said, ding that life span of tigers is 16 to 18 years.