A BENGAL TIGER THAT’S BEEN AT THE ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO SINCE HE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD WAS EUTHANIZED THIS WEEK. EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD SCOUT WAS PUT DOWN AFTER IT WAS NOTED HE’D LOST HIS APPETITE AND WEIGHT. HE WEIGHED 220 POUNDS WHEN HE WAS EUTHANIZED WEDNESDAY.
IT TURNS OUT SCOUT HAD A LARGE LIVER TUMOR AND ADVANCED LIVER CANCER. THE ZOO NOW NEEDS TO GET NEW TIGERS, BECAUSE THE OTHER TIGER IN THE EXHIBIT, LUCY, DIED IN 2014.
