Rare Tiger Killed by Potential Mate During First Day Together

Rare Tiger Killed by Potential Mate During First Day Together
Sumatran tiger Melati looks on in her enclosure during the opening of London Zoo's new Tiger Territory, a project to house Sumatran tigers at ZSL London Zoo, in London, on March 20, 2013. Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images
Colin Fredericson
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A tiger from a critically endangered group was killed by a potential mate at the London Zoo.

The female Sumatran tiger’s enclosure was set up next to a male Sumatran tiger’s enclosure so that the zoo could later put the two tigers together. But after they were introduced into the same space, on Feb. 8, their interactions became aggressive, after an initially cautious approach to each other, according to the London Zoo’s website.
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