Moscow Residents Find Tiger in a Box
Residents of Moscow were shocked when they discovered a box containing a live tiger cub, the Ria Novosti news agency reported Wednesday.
"Yesterday [Tuesday], we received a call from residents who discovered a box containing a tiger in wasteland in the Pechatniki district of Moscow," a source at the Russian capital's environmental department was quoted as saying.
Environmental inspectors and animal experts rushed to the site in the southeast of the city to secure the potentially dangerous creature.
"The tiger has been transported to an animal shelter. Tests will be carried out soon to define its age and health. We think the tiger is about eight months old," the source was quoted as saying.
The report gave no indication of why the tiger was placed there, or by whom.
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