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Global News - November 2007

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Hungry tigers in Chinese zoo turn on each other

Wed 21 November 2007 13:30 UK — Asia,Big Cats

Picture for article Hungry Siberian tigers in a Chinese zoo have turned on one another, with one of the captive animals being killed and eaten by the other four big cats it shared an enclosure with.

Management at the privately-owned Shenyang Glacier Zoo, in north-eastern China, blamed the incident on a shortage of funds.

The zoo's deputy director, Li Wen Zhui, claimed that they had been unable to afford to feed the tigers properly for the past two years.

"An adult tiger eats about 20 pounds of meat a day, but the tigers here can barely get a chicken to quench their hunger every one or two days," she admitted to China View.

"I was shocked, particularly as the five tigers, who were the same age, had been living together for five years. This kind of thing has never happened before," she added.

Shenyang Glacier Zoo has previously been closed down due to a lack of funds and visitors, Reuters reported, while a zoo in the country's Xinjiang region that is also home to a Siberian tiger faced a similar financial crisis last year.

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