As the
Cherry Brook Zoo comes to grips with the sudden loss of its young
Siberian tiger, their Director of Zoo Development says they’re focusing
on the present before they start to think about the future.
Linda Collrin tells CHSJ News another tiger will be brought into the zoo eventually—she says it would be a dishonour to six year-old Nyla if they didn't—but first, they want to find out exactly what happened to her through a necropsy.
The
tiger became sick on July 18, going blind, having seizures and losing
weight and the zoo was forced to euthanize her on Wednesday. While
results have shown she had an pneumonia, Collrin says she caught it as a
result of being in such a weak state. That doesn't tell them why she
became sick in the first place.
Collrin
says they'll be working with the SSP Program or International Species
Survival Program again when bringing in a new tiger.