The lone rhino at the Thiruvananthapuram zoo, known to zoo staff as Shambhu, has died. The animal was 39 years old.

According to zoo sources, Shambhu had long been a familiar presence at the zoo and was affectionately called Jadu by some visitors. No further details about the cause of death were provided in the input.

The death marks the loss of the zoo’s only rhino. Further information from zoo authorities was not immediately available.