The 10-year old captive tiger Anand from Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), who was battling cancer for a while, died in the wee hours of Thursday.

According to a statement released by Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF), "SGNP regrets to inform of the death of Anand, age 10 years male Royal Bengal tiger at 5 am on Thursday. Anand was born in SGNP to tiger Basanti and Palash. Anand had been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of malignant cancer. The pathology department of Bombay Veterinary College conducted the post mortem of Anand on Thursday. He had lost a considerable amount of body weight since March 2020 and had also been diagnosed with chronic renal (kidney) failure."