Rare tiger kills prospective mate in London at first meeting
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 15:40
in Biology & Nature
For 10 days, the London Zoo kept its newly arrived male Sumatran tiger Asim in a separate enclosure from Melati, the female tiger who was supposed to become his mate. Zoologists gave them time to get used to each other's presence and smells, and waited for what they felt would be the right time...