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Bagster
Posted on 02/08/2019 11:31:38 AM PST by dennisw
London Zoo say Melati was mauled to death by the male on their first encounter Asim, the male, had been kept in an adjoining enclosure prior to their meeting
The younger male killed Melati in an interaction which 'quickly escalated'
London Zoo's beloved female tiger Melati has been brutally mauled to death by her potential new mate while the two beasts were being introduced.
The zoo says 10-year-old Melati died Friday during her first encounter with Asim, a seven-year-old male who was shipped in from Denmark last month.
The two tigers had been kept in adjoining enclosures for 10 days so they could get used to one another, but their first interaction 'quickly escalated into a more aggressive interaction.'
The zoo says keepers intervened with loud noises, flares and alarms but were too late to save Melati.
It says staff are 'devastated by the loss of Melati, and we are heartbroken by this turn of events.'
Zoologists had hoped the two tigers would breed as part of a Europe-wide tiger conservation program for the endangered Sumatran subspecies.
The zoo's head tiger keeper Kathryn Sanders said last month: 'Asim arrived yesterday after catching the ferry from France and immediately made himself at home in his new, cosy den.
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For Bengal tigers at least>>>
Male Bengal tigers – the largest subspecies – can weigh in at a whopping 600 pounds, while females usually stay around 300 to 350 pounds.
What a horrible tragedy. Does this happen often in nature?
I wish aborted humans would get as much attention and sympathy.
Ok you pussy hat wearing feminists, you want to see “toxic masculinity” on display? Here you go.
England the land of the gay tigers.
No such thing as Safe Sex in the tiger world.
Suddenly, artificial insemination looks like a good idea.
Bagster
What a terrible shame.
Dang.
Boomer is that you?
Asim is Arkansasian for “Clinton.”
bad night to have a headache
Only Nature know that answer.
uh-huh
She just wouldn’t shut up.
Where was the Secret Service? Just damn.
LOL. Yes I’m sure some will look at this animal behavior, and try to apply it to humans.
refused to make him a sammich
The first male tiger was sent to a French zoo "to start a new family."
Maybe they should've kept him.
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