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Calgary Zoo’s Siberian tiger Kita suffering infection
Source: Calgary Herald It was not in itself a troubling sign, given “big cats” often go off their food during warm spells. But when veterinarians at the Calgary Zoo went to take a closer look at 15-year-old Kita after the Siberian tiger stopped eating earlier this week, she did not let out her customary hiss [...]
20Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Del. Zoo Euthanizes Siberian Tiger
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ― A Siberian tiger that was a popular attraction at the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington has been euthanized. Zoo officials said Monday that the tiger, named Ashley, had to be put down on Saturday after experiencing complications from a brief illness. Officials said a post-mortem examination will be conducted on the 20-year-old [...]
3Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Dodge City zoo euthanizes ailing Siberian tiger
The Associated Press A fixture at the Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City has died. The Dodge City Daily Globe reported that an ailing Siberian tiger named Elvira was euthanized this past week. The tiger was nearly 19 years old and had been receiving treatment for severe arthritis in her hips and other ailments. Zookeeper [...]
6Jun2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Firefighters pull lazy S.F. Zoo tiger from moat
Bay City News Service San Francisco firefighters got a call Monday to help rescue a cat — a really big cat. Battalion Chiefs James Blake and Lorrie Kalos and their crew arrived at the San Francisco Zoo at 8:30 a.m., after zoo officials decided their geriatric Siberian tiger Tony was spending too much time alone [...]
30Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
China zoo shut amid allegations it harvested tiger parts
BEIJING, March 17 (AFP) – A zoo in northeastern China has been shut after a spate of Siberian tiger deaths as reports Wednesday said dozens of the dead animals may have been used to make a virility tonic. China’s forestry ministry has ordered the zoo in the city of Shenyang to suspend operations and urged [...]
17Mar2010 | Sara | 2 comments | Continued
China funds zoo after Siberian tigers die: reports
(AP) BEIJING — A municipal government in northeastern China has allocated 7 million yuan ($1 million) to improve conditions at a local zoo after the recent deaths of 11 rare Siberian tigers and other animals, state media said Sunday. The Siberian tigers at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo starved to death in the past [...]
15Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
New tiger graces Calgary Zoo
CBC News The Calgary Zoo has a new Siberian tiger, a large male named Baikal, after the oldest freshwater lake in Russia. The Associations of Zoos and Aquariums recommended moving Baikal from the Bronx Zoo to Calgary under the organization’s species survival plan. The program is meant to ensure a healthy and genetically diverse population [...]
9Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
White tiger savages zookeeper
A German zookeeper was taken to hospital in a serious condition after she was mauled by a white tiger while cleaning out its cage. Police say the male tiger – named Karim – attacked the 30-year-old while her back was turned, after slipping through a gate she had apparently left unlocked. Colleagues at the zoo [...]
20Dec2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Putin’s rare Siberian tiger goes missing
By LIYA KHABAROVA (AP) VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — A rare Siberian tiger fitted by Vladimir Putin with a radio-tracking collar has vanished, a Russian environmentalist said Wednesday, dramatizing the plight of a species some conservationists fear may be approaching extinction. Russia’s prime minister drew worldwide publicity in 2008 when he shot the five-year-old female tiger with [...]
25Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Once-tame Baghdad zoo now a roaring success
By Prashant Rao (AFP) BAGHDAD — Baghdad’s Al-Zawraa zoo is enjoying a boom, and not just in attendance — its Siberian tigers gave birth to twins this summer, part of a rush of new arrivals swelling the park’s population. From the dark days of 2003, in the aftermath of the US-led invasion which left the [...]
22Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued