Lioness dies due to tick-bite

Out of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Lioness-dies-due-to-tick-bite/articleshow/50673190.cms

". . . the lioness had developed severe anemia due to the action of protozoa named 'babesia' which destroyed the RBCs in the animal. IVRI scientists claimed that the protozoa reached the body of the lioness through a tick."