Calgary Sun
Sun, January 21, 2007
Hundreds visit zoo's dying tiger
UPDATED: 2007-01-21 01:18:15 MST

By CP

MONCTON, N.B. -- Tomar the tiger has made his final bows on the stage where he has been a star for almost two decades.

The Magnetic Hill Zoo, where the old Siberian tiger has lived since he was a cub, held a rare winter open house yesterday so people could come in and say goodbye to an animal who has become an ambassador for a vanishing breed.

Hundreds streamed into the zoo in Moncton to see the tiger, who is in kidney failure and may not survive the winter.

There were tears, sad smiles and many shared special memories of Tomar.

My Comment --Lavone

Poor Soul - Only death will free him from the money grubbing humans. The zoo made money from his lonley life of captivity for years. Now even as he is dying they are raking in even more.