<p>An eight-year-old sloth bear, named Nagesha, died at the Bear Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Bannerghatta recently. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The animal was being treatted by the staff since September 2012 for erratic feeding habits and dullness.<br /><br />According to a veterinarian, the bear was displaying signs of severe respiratory distress . “It was consuming only water and glucose from January, which left it in a weakened condition,” a source said. <br /><br />Visceral samples of the bear collected during the postmortem have been sent to the laboratory for further clinical analysis.<br /><br />The bear had been rescued from Hampinakatte in Bellary in March 2006. It was being sheltered at the rehab centre under Wildlife SOS — the India-based wildlife protective organisation which specialises in rehabilitating bears.<br /></p>
<p>An eight-year-old sloth bear, named Nagesha, died at the Bear Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Bannerghatta recently. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The animal was being treatted by the staff since September 2012 for erratic feeding habits and dullness.<br /><br />According to a veterinarian, the bear was displaying signs of severe respiratory distress . “It was consuming only water and glucose from January, which left it in a weakened condition,” a source said. <br /><br />Visceral samples of the bear collected during the postmortem have been sent to the laboratory for further clinical analysis.<br /><br />The bear had been rescued from Hampinakatte in Bellary in March 2006. It was being sheltered at the rehab centre under Wildlife SOS — the India-based wildlife protective organisation which specialises in rehabilitating bears.<br /></p>
