Winchester, U.K. – A “much-loved” female tiger at Marwell Wildlife died after sustaining fatal injuries during her introduction with a male tiger named Pasha. The zoo made the sad announcement to Facebook followers on Monday, writing:
It is with deep sadness we share the news of the death of our female Amur tiger, Valentina. Unfortunately, Valentina sustained fatal injuries during an introduction with our male tiger, Pasha.
Valentina was a much-loved and charismatic character of the zoo family, who captured the hearts of our teams and guests alike.
Explaining how the eight-year-old tiger was killed in a quick altercation with Pasha:
Introducing big cats always carries significant risk both in zoos and in the wild. Since Pasha’s arrival in February, our animal teams have been observing both tigers closely and had noticed encouraging behaviours with no signs of aggression. Our expert teams were monitoring the situation closely, were well-prepared, and acted swiftly to draw Pasha away. However, due to the speed and nature of the incident, it was not possible for our highly-experienced team to intervene and Valentina had already been fatally injured. Pasha was not severely injured during the altercation.
Staff is grieving the loss of the beloved tiger, Marwell Wildlife said:
She will be deeply missed by her keepers, who formed a strong bond with her, our veterinary team, wider Marwell teams and our guests.
We do ask at this difficult time that our teams are given the necessary time to process this situation. Our priority is the wellbeing of our teams and ensuring Pasha receives the care he needs.
Rest in peace Valentine.
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Humans should NOT be deciding which tiger (or any wild or non-wild animal) to be friends with or for a breeding mate.
Humans don’t know and should NOT be making these decisions for animals!!
ALL ANIMAL ENTERTAINMENT NEEDS TO STOP!!! It’s ALL and ONLY about the money with these DISGUSTING GREEDY HUMANS!!!
The zoos and all animal entertainment NEED TO BE CLOSED AND SHUT DOWN!!! Humans are trying to control and manage wildlife when these animals should be LEFT THE FUCK ALONE!!! Humans are completely DESTROYING AND FUCKING UP THE ENTER CIRCLE OF NATURE.
How could yo be so ignorant! Common Sense! Why would you even. Poor tiger. You speak of everyone being highly trained but still act dumb on the speed of nature. That is not highly trained if you cant determine your knowledge to this. Contradicting yourselves. You should ay a high price. Stop the Zoo excuse to the deaths of these animals.
HUMANS are intent on managing wildlife into prisons to display and to promote to parents the false assumption they are educating their children. Educating them for what? How to deny freedom to an animal that loves its freedom as much as we do. We are intent on manipulating and reshaping these beautiful creatures into animals in bondage which will reproduce to fill zoos which are fed and shaped by those who don’t give a damn except for how to raise money to continue this deviant behavior. And if this female tiger death was to be avoided, it would be because they weren’t being manipulated by humans. And if it happened in the wild, then it was nature’s decision, not some zookeeper’s who is tied to those with fund raising aspirations.
I would love to see zookeepers live a day in the life of one of their prisoners just once.
What are the “dozens of charges’ & what’s the severest penalty she faces besides probation?
What the fuck is wrong with these incompetent assholes! Omg! They don’t even know how to do that! Shut down fucking zoos!!