Mystery Tiger Deaths Solved: Canine Distemper Plagues Siberian Tigers

In June 2010, an emaciated and disorientated female Amur tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica ) named Galia wandered into the Russian town of Terney seeking any prey she was still strong enough to kill. Authorities were forced to put her down, a sad day for a subspecies that numbers maybe 250 to 300 animals in the wild. The story got worse as all three of Galia’s 3-week-old cubs were also found nearby, dead, their bellies empty

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Mystery Tiger Deaths Solved: Canine Distemper Plagues Siberian Tigers