Murderous tiger to be isolated at Shanghai Zoo

Has anyone noticed that the Year of the Tiger seems to have brought with it a lot of unfortunate tiger-related news? First, there was that Siberian cub who died two days after he was found. Now, a Bengal tiger killed his keeper at the Shanghai Zoo over the weekend, dragging his body around his cage as visitors looked on in horror. Apparently, someone had forgotten to feed the tiger the day before. Today, some more details have come out: the tiger will be kept in isolation for now, but will be reintroduced "when the time is right." Also Li Zhonglin, the 53-year-old deceased zookeeper, is thought to be at fault, but his mistake won't affect the amount of compensation his family receives.

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