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CHENNAI: Two days after giving birth to a stillborn cub , a six-year--old lioness in Chennai’s Arignar Anna Zoological Park ( Vandalur zoo ) died on Wednesday.

According to zoo authorities, postmortem revealed that the lioness – named Mala -- died due to a puncture on her uterus.

Mala gave birth to a stillborn male cub on Monday.

