Jimmy, the only lioness at the Mumbai’s Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan (Byculla Zoo), died after a bout of prolonged illness on Monday. She was the last of the big cats at the Byculla Zoo with the others having already succumbed to old age or illness.

Jimmy, who was 16 years and 8 months, was born at the zoo, one of India's oldest, in March 1998 to Anita, who passed away three years ago, at the age of 22. The average life span of lioness is 18 to 20 years.