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Tiger Cub Saved From Cooking Pot Goes Missing
MELAKA, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- A tiger cub saved from the cooking pot last week and being nursed back to health at the Melaka Zoo has gone missing. The cub, named Nicky, was found missing from its cage at the zoo's clinic at 8 am yesterday, a zoo spokesman said Thursday."The management of the Melaka Zoo is investigating and has not ruled out negligence of the staff as a factor for the loss," he said in a statement. He said it is believed that the cub wandered off or was taken away between 5 pm and 6 pm on Tuesday. A large-scale search operation was conducted up to 10 pm, Wednesday... The spokesman said the cub might be somewhere in the zoo or it could have been taken away by any visitor as it was tame. He also warned that anyone found to be keeping the cub could be fined up to RM6,000 or sentenced to a maximum jail term of six years, or both, under the Wildlife Protection Act... The cub was saved by Malaysian Trade Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Datuk Dr S.H. Foo, from a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur that had bought the animal from villagers who had caught it in Rompin, Pahang. Posted by: Pappy 2005-08-19 |
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