At the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, Mila the Amur tiger had her initial dose of anesthesia before a dental surgery. But she slipped off a bench and suffered a fatal spinal injury.
In March, she was sent to Colorado Springs to one day breed with the zoo’s male tiger, Chewy. However, the two never began their courtship.Throughout the five months Mila was at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the tiger was “making such great progress,” said Rebecca Zwicker, an animal-care manager in the zoo’s Asian Highlands.
“She was a feisty and intelligent tiger, and the team had been patiently and consistently training with her to help her settle in and feel comfortable in indoor and outdoor spaces behind the scenes,” Zwicker said in a news release. “She was getting so close to being out where guests could see her. We were excited to introduce her to our community and for people to fall in love with her here, just as they had in Toronto.
Less than a minute later, though, she slipped. It happened so quickly that staff members were unable to stop her fall, zoo officials said. “She could have slid off from that height a hundred times and landed in a variety of other positions and been unaffected,” said Eric Klaphake, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s head veterinarian. “The team quickly entered her den when it was safe and diligently tried for 40 minutes to give her lifesaving care.”
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Extremely rare Amur tiger dies in 'freak accident' prepping for dental procedureAn extremely rare Amur tiger died after suffering a 'freak accident' when she received a dose of anesthesia and suffered a fatal spinal injury when she fell off a bench.
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Extremely rare Amur tiger dies in 'freak accident' prepping for dental procedureAn extremely rare Amur tiger died after suffering a 'freak accident' when she received a dose of anesthesia and suffered a fatal spinal injury when she fell off a bench.
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