White tiger succumbs to tumor at Nandankanan zoo
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) A 16-year-old male white tiger succumbed to a neck tumor Monday at the Nandankanan zoo located on the outskirts of Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, an official said.
“Jagat had a tumor on the neck and it affected his respiratory tract. Despite treatment, we could not save the animal,” a senior zoo official told IANS.
White tigers are considered highly endangered. At present, there are only about 200 white tigers left in the world.
The Nandankanan zoo, which is spread over 425 hectares, is home to over 1,200 wild animals. It offers a white tiger safari, the first of its kind in the world.
With the death, the number of tigers in the zoo has come down to 25. While nine of them are white, others are Royal Bengal tigers, he said.
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