Captive Lion and Tiger weights

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(01-11-2019, 01:42 PM)Kingtheropod Wrote: Video shows emaciated white tiger in Chinese zoo eat dirt

"TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- In a country that is no stranger to animal cruelty, video has surfaced of an emaciated white tiger eating dirt at a zoo in Hubei Province, causing many suspected that it is being abused by its keepers.
A witness who visited the popular zoo in Wuhan, Hubei Province on at 4 p.m. on Jan. 8 said they saw the rare female white Bengal tiger come out of its shelter, suddenly crouch down, and start to lap up the dirt, reported Liberty Times. The man recorded video of the incident and uploaded it to Weibo in hopes that relevant units would take action.
Administrators of the Wuhan Zoo claimed that the keepers had fed the tiger three chickens on the ground of the enclosure in that morning. They theorized that the tiger then returned to the spot where the chickens had been to lick up the remains of the meal.
However, when the 7-year-old white tiger had been introduced to the zoo from Ningbo in September of last year, it weighed 210 kg, yet staff now say it weighs 90 kg less at 120 kg."

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That 210 kg sounds quite fat tiger when talking about female. 120 kg then again could have some more weight, even though it is still not too extraordinary. Difficult to say too much, but that cage didn´t look nice for a tiger if that is all what it has there..... but good, that if there is a suspected problem, that it is lifted up for public view. Reply