National Zoo Euthanizes Its Ailing White Tiger
From Times Wire Reports
The National Zoo’s only white tiger was euthanized.
Zoo officials said 18-year-old Taj had been treated for osteoarthritis for several years and recently was having trouble walking. He was in such pain this week that it was decided to euthanize him.
Taj was born at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha in 1984 and was brought to Washington two years later. He never had any offspring.
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