A tiger was killed after it was attacked by other big cats kept in the same zoo enclosure in northeastern China, according to a news website report.
Video footage showed the tigress surrounded by eight other tigers at the zoo in Changchun in Jilin province, Chinanews.com reported.
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The two-year-old Siberian tiger died after it was bitten around the throat.
Among the tigers attacking the animal was its mother and all the animals had lived together peacefully for two years, assistant zoo keeper Liu Chang was quoted as saying.
Zoo visitors at the scene of the attack. Photo: Chinanews.com
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“It was probably because the tigers’ wild nature was wakened by the smell of blood,” Liu said.
