‘88 Olympics Mascot Dies
Associated Press
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. —
A Siberian tiger that was to be a mascot of the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea died Monday, a zoo official said. The tiger, from the Minnesota Zoological Gardens, died after he was anesthetized to prepare him for shipment.
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