The Story of the Puppy White Tiger abandoned in February outside Greece’s main zoo it met the end no one expected, the park said on Monday.
He Zoological Park of Atticaon the outskirts of Athens, said the four-month-old female, named Hasiya, had “incurable and painful genetic problems”.
The Greek and foreign veterinarians consulted by the park “unanimously” recommended that the competent authorities do so the puppy will be put downthe park said, which it finally did
“Little Hasiya left today without pain (…) surrounded by the people who have cared for her, loved her and grown very fond of her these past six weeks,” the park said on Facebook.
Nikos Bokaris, an environment ministry official, had said earlier this month that the calf had run out 30 fractures and that “every breath” he took was “unbearably painful”.
The puppy had been found under a dumpster around the park on February 28.
The four-month-old female was discovered under a garbage can His hind legs were paralysed.
“Nobody knows where it comes from or how he got there,” the park’s founder said at the time. Jean-Jacques Lesueur to the Greek newspaper Proto Thema.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) describes white tigers as a “genetic anomaly”.
They have a mutation that gives them white fur with black stripes. they often are result of consanguinitywhich exposes them to a multitude of health problems at birth.
The Zoological Park of Attica it is home to more than 2,000 animals of 290 different species.
Experts indicated that it was first time who have found one of these abandoned animals, since usually the ones they rescue the most are puppies, kittens or turtles. “We have had several cases of abandoned animals, but generally they are abandoned pets: puppies, kittens, turtles… but a tiger? Never‘ they had said.
When found, the animal had a pin buried in one of the hind. In light of these acts of animal abuse, international wildlife and animal welfare organizations contacted the zoo to help save the cub, but the miracle ultimately did not happen.
After examining the security cameras, the authorities discovered that a car drove up to the rubbish bins around midnight, so the Athens authorities are already tracing the number plates but have not yet found the culprits.
Source: Clarin
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