Posted on 03/24/2022 2:02:16 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The Minnesota Zoo announced Thursday that during a routine medical examination on Wednesday, its 12-year-old Amur tiger experienced cardiac failure and died.
The tiger was born in the Czech Republic in 2009 and given the name Putin, then lived at the Denmark Zoo for six years before arriving in Minnesota.
At the time of cardiac failure, the tiger was undergoing a preventative health exam, which included sample collection, according to a news release from the zoo.
According to the zoo, specimen collection is important due to the globally-threatened nature of the Amur tiger — there are approximately 103 Amur tigers in North American AZA-accredited zoos and there are believed to be fewer than 500 animals surviving in the wild.
Despite the emergency efforts of veterinarians, animal health technicians and zookeepers, the tiger did not survive, according to the zoo.
“This was a routine procedure that is a vital part of our care and conservation work for tigers,” Dr. Taylor Yaw — a veterinarian and the Minnesota Zoo’s chief of animal care, health and conservation — said in a statement. “We plan weeks ahead for these types of exams. All necessary precautions were taken, and the team did everything within their power to save this animal.”
Minnesota Zoo Director John Frawley went on to say, in a statement, “Today is an incredibly hard day for all of us at the Minnesota Zoo and we will be mourning for quite some time. Our zoo has played a key role in global tiger conservation throughout our history and we currently are co-leaders of the Tiger Conservation Campaign, which has raised millions of dollars for tiger conservation. While this loss is great, we can be proud of our efforts – past, present, and future – to advance tiger conservation worldwide.”
1 down, 1 to go.
Was it triple jabbed?
Damn that Tiger Vaxx and them Tiger Vaxx Boosties!
I bet it was the bionic seamonkees what killed that poor tiger.
Because it’s fun to make stuff up.
It was an old age tiger at 12 years old.
Probably shouldn’t have eaten those frosted flakes
They’re greeaaaattt…er…(drops dead).
The Big Pharma creeps and killers wasted no time cashing in on The Great Scamdemic.
Yes, they did inject that rat poison vaxx sh1t into many innocent animals at the zoos.
https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2021-12-01/zoos-vaccinate-animals-against-sars-cov-2
“Was it triple jabbed?”
Some US zoos were vaccinating tigers, so you never know.
Beat me to it
“...the tiger was undergoing a preventative health exam...”
Stressed out.
So I'll stop whining about having to pee in a cup.
Don’t joke. Deep State says cats, both large and small, can give people the coof. I hope to heck some yutz hasn’t been shooting up the cats.
Case in point...
I won’t print the rest of what I’m thinking...
"Which tiger is the strongest? Amur tigers are the strongest
and largest of the tiger subspecies, sometimes known as
Siberian, Manchurian, Ussurian or Northeast China tigers.
Males may reach a length of 10.5 ft (3.2 m) and a weight
of 660 lb (299.4 kg)."
This concludes today's tigger lesson.
Cats were the first animals to get it after humans. I think the big cats were susceptible and many were vaccinated.
“At the time of cardiac failure, the tiger was undergoing a preventative health exam, which included sample collection...”
Translation: they tranquilized the tiger and the tiger didn’t wake up. It’s a risk every time they put one to sleep.
“rare”
The comment is 2-levels deep this time.
Joe Rogan on more tigers in Texas than the rest of the world (probably not really true, but people aren’t sure.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssE_lvGR7w0
Didn't you read they did all they could to save it? Of course it was triple jabbed.
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