Minnesota tiger tests positive for COVID-19 virus
The tiger lives at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Pine County, Minn. The sanctuary veterinarian reports the 21-year-old female Sumatran/Bengal tiger received supportive care and has recovered.
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Titan (right) tries to get a rise out of Lilly at the Wildcat Sanctuary in 2012. Bob King / Forum News Service file photo
ST. PAUL A Minnesota tiger has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a news release from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.
The tiger lives at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Pine County, Minn. The sanctuary veterinarian reports the 21-year-old female Sumatran/Bengal tiger received supportive care and has recovered, according to the release.
A rare white tiger, named “Nieve” (snow in Spanish) was born at the Nicaragua zoo, and is being raised by humans after its mother rejected it, the director of the zoo told AFP.
Nieve came into the world a week ago, weighing just under a kilogramme at birth, said director Eduardo Sacasa.
Conservation group WWF describes white tigers as “a genetic anomaly”, with none known to exist in the wild. There are several dozen in captivity.
White tigers are Bengal tigers whose parents carry a recessive gene, according to The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota which helps and studies felines. They are not albinos or a separate species.
Surprise! Hours-old tiger cub among big cats re-homed from Tri-State property
Volunteers with a Minnesota cat sanctuary were in for an adorable surprise when they got to the Indiana property.
Tigers and lions re-homed to sanctuary after living on Indiana property By Jessica Schmidt | January 14, 2021 at 10:54 PM EST - Updated January 15 at 12:48 AM
BROOKVILLE, In. (FOX19) - Two tigers, two lions and a tiger cub are now at a Minnesota sanctuary after they were rescued from a local breeding property.
Tammy Thies is the founder and director of the Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota. She says her team got a call about a property in Brookville and made the 12-hour drive to the location.
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Nieve is the first white tiger born in Central American country Nicaragua to a pair of yellow-and-black-coloured Bengals
A rare white Bengal tiger, named Nieve born at the Nicaragua zoo is being raised by humans after its mother rejected it.
Nieve is the first white tiger born in Central American country Nicaragua to a pair of yellow-and-black-coloured Bengals.
According to the zoo s director Eduardo Sacasa, Nieve came into the world a week ago, weighing just under a kilogramme at birth.
In picture: Marina Arguello takes care of a newborn female white tiger named Snow at the National Zoo in Masaya, Nicaragua/AFP
A rare white tiger, named “Nieve” (snow in Spanish) was born at the Nicaragua zoo, and is being raised by humans after its mother rejected it, the director of the zoo told AFP