[FEL-L] 2 Royal Bengal tigers die at India zoo :-(

Tim Stoffel tim at lionlamb.us
Sat Sep 23 01:10:42 CDT 2006


On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 21:57 -0400, BigCatSimba at aol.com wrote:
> Sept. 21, 2006, 1:42PM
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> By DEEPAK SHARMA Associated Press Writer
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> AMRITSAR, India — Two young Royal Bengal tigers died unexpectedly at a
> zoo in India where dozens of lions have already died young, possibly
> because of a breeding program that produced weak animals, a
> conservator said Thursday.
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> A nearly 3-year-old tiger was found dead in its enclosure Wednesday. A
> few hours later, its 3 1/2-year-old female companion collapsed and
> died at the Chhatbir Zoo near the northern city of Chandigarh , said
> Dharmender Sharma, who runs the zoo.

Moldy bedding can do this. Very sad.

Of the lions, they say they have a disease, then they say they are
healthy. What is the truth?

Tim Stoffel



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