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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 03:10 p.m. EST, Dec 04, 2008
A second of the Akron Zoo's Sumatran tigers died Wednesday, less than a month after a female tiger was euthanized because of chronic renal disease.
Binjai, one of the oldest Sumatran tigers in the United States, was euthanized after lab results indicated the potential of a blood-based cancer, zoo officials said today.
The 18-year-old tiger was born March 26, 1990, at the Phoenix Zoo and came to Akron on Jan. 12, 2004, from the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Fla.
Binjai was taken to the zoo's animal hospital Saturday after staff members noticed a change in his appetite and behavior. Despite intensive treatments over the past few days, the tiger's condition continued to deteriorate, zoo officials said.
After further testing, zoo officials said they believed it was in the tiger's best interest to euthanize him.
Aneh, the zoo's only female tiger, died Nov. 13 at the age of 17. She and Binjai were two of the oldest animals at the zoo and two of the oldest tigers in U.S. zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The zoo's only remaining Sumatran tiger, a male named Roho, will remain on exhibit. There are 69 Sumatran tigers remaining in AZA-accredited zoos in the United States.
Sumatran tigers are the smallest of the five remaining species of tigers. They are endangered, with only about 400 to 500 believed to live in the wild. They are found exclusively on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
A second of the Akron Zoo's Sumatran tigers died Wednesday, less than a month after a female tiger was euthanized because of chronic renal disease.
Binjai, one of the oldest Sumatran tigers in the United States, was euthanized after lab results indicated the potential of a blood-based cancer, zoo officials said today.
The 18-year-old tiger was born March 26, 1990, at the Phoenix Zoo and came to Akron on Jan. 12, 2004, from the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Fla.
Binjai was taken to the zoo's animal hospital Saturday after staff members noticed a change in his appetite and behavior. Despite intensive treatments over the past few days, the tiger's condition continued to deteriorate, zoo officials said.
After further testing, zoo officials said they believed it was in the tiger's best interest to euthanize him.
Aneh, the zoo's only female tiger, died Nov. 13 at the age of 17. She and Binjai were two of the oldest animals at the zoo and two of the oldest tigers in U.S. zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The zoo's only remaining Sumatran tiger, a male named Roho, will remain on exhibit. There are 69 Sumatran tigers remaining in AZA-accredited zoos in the United States.
Sumatran tigers are the smallest of the five remaining species of tigers. They are endangered, with only about 400 to 500 believed to live in the wild. They are found exclusively on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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Posted 04:07 PM, 12/04/2008
The zoo has lost what seems like a lot of animals to euthanasia this year. Sad.
akron, oh
Posted 05:01 PM, 12/04/2008
How sad. And even sadder that the one remaining tiger is left there by himself.
Posted 07:01 PM, 12/04/2008
A very tragic loss so soon after the loss of Aneh.
I hope there are plans to get a partner for your one remaining tiger.
Santa Barbara, Ca
Posted 05:23 PM, 01/02/2009
I am visiting relatives here in Ohio for the holidays, and just visited the Akron Zoo for the first time. I cried at seeing the Tiger, Jaguar and Snow Leopard all alone and in such small habitats. It is mental and physical torture to put such large animals in such an environment! Even the Llama was alone. What's up with this zoo? The Jaguar has gone crazy and just paces by the fence. The Snow Leopard and tiger cry to be let out. Was I the only one to see this? Are tropical animals to be subjected to Ohio winters until they die? The Condors have no spirit. What we are showing our kids is not the animal, but the shell of what the animal used to be, without it's spirit, in a sickening concrete cell. There is nothing natural about this. These animals should be in large nature conservatories if they can't be in the wild, and the zoo should show imax movies of them in their REAL habitat. How can we stop the torturing of these animals? Who is making money from these poor suffering animals? I have cried every day for the past three days since seeing such misery. And today I find out that TWO of the Akron Zoo tigers have just died. Should there be any wonder why.
