Mumbai, May 5 -- The Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden and Zoo, popularly known as Rani Baug, is set to get a boost to its big cat population, with plans to bring in a male and female Bengal tiger from Nagpur's Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park by early next year. The proposal is currently awaiting clearance from the Central Zoo Authority. Zoo officials said the exchange has already been initiated between the two facilities. The development comes as the zoo's tiger count has dropped to just two. Meanwhile, the Gorewada facility is housing around two dozen tigers, more than its capacity. The decline in numbers follows two tiger deaths last year. Three-year-old cub Rudra died on October 29, while nine-and-a-half-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Shakti died on November 17 due to respiratory failure after pneumonia. The two deaths prompted the administration to initiate the exchange and restore the count to four, which is the enclosure's maximum capacity. Apart from tigers, the zoo is also planning to introduce lions in a bid to expand its animal portfolio and draw more visitors....