Dead tiger cubs found in fridge at Chinese zoo: report

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

BEIJING (AFP) — Two tiger cubs have been found dead in a fridge at the same zoo in central China where a rare Siberian tiger was illegally slaughtered, state press reported Tuesday.

Zoo keepers at the Three Gorges Forest Wild Animal World claimed the cubs had died at birth, and they were placed in the fridge of the venue's ticket office for preservation, Xinhua news agency said, citing local officials.

The cubs, from a Bengal tiger, were allegedly stillborn in late November but were not discovered by authorities until they began investigating the death of a six-year-old female Siberian tiger there a few days ago, Xinhua said.

The Siberian tiger had been skinned, and its head and legs had been cut off, Xinhua said in a report on the weekend.

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