This photo shows Kendra with one of her new cubs born in 2011.

This photo shows Kendra with one of her new cubs born in 2011.

Zoo euthanizes suffering tiger

In what it called a “very difficult decision,” a zoo in the western city of Winnipeg euthanized an 18-year-old tiger on Monday. Kendra had developed progressive, age-related arthritis which veterinarians managed. But recently, the tiger had deteriorated and was in significant pain.

Tiger bore two cubs

The tiger was born in a zoo in St. Louis in 1999 and was transferred to the Assiniboine Park & Zoo in 2007. In July 2011, she gave birth to two cubs, one of which has since died, reports CBC. The other was sent to a zoo in Canada’s eastern city of Saint John in November 2013 as part of a “Species Survival Program.”

This is a program whereby member zoos co-operate with each other to exchange animals and information in a bid to promote genetic diversity and the survival of selected species.

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