17-Year-Old Tigress at Vienna Zoo Schönbrunn Dead

A 17-year-old female tiger at the Schönbrunn Zoo was euthanized for animal welfare reasons, as the zoo announced on Instagram on Thursday. Due to old age, the Siberian tiger had developed hind limb weakness caused by arthritis, as well as kidney failure. In recent days, the tiger finally refused to eat, it was further stated.

Vienna Zoo on the Tiger: "Great Ambassador"

The animal was born on June 24, 2008, at the zoo and had reached an impressive age for a Siberian tiger - it had been under medical care for a long time. It was described as a "great ambassador for her highly endangered counterparts in the wild," wrote the zoo.

(APA/Red)

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