FIGHT BETWEEN TIGERS.
Adelaide, May 21. A terrible scene occurred at tbe Adelaide Zoological Gardens on Tuesday afternoon, Two pairs of Bengal tigers are kept in adjoining cages, and at feeding time this afternoon the males began menacing one another through a grating dividing the cages, and which, it appears, was not properly fastened. In his endeavors to reach his enemy the younger tiger got his paws under the grating, and the old male at once seized them and tore at them with such force that the grating was broken down, the combatants rolling into the den of the old tigers. Here the battle was continued, and at last the old tigress joined in. The uproar meanwhile between the combatants and the other animals in the gardens was terrible. The young male was seized by the hindquarters by the old tigress, whilst the old male fought him in front. Tbe odds were too much for the youngster, and after struggling for ten minutes his jugular vein was torn open, the animal dying about five minutes after. His mate, the younger tigress, did not participate in the fight, but crouched in a corner in evident fear. All are full grown, the animals being valued at about £2OO each.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1898, 30 May 1889, Page 4
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207FIGHT BETWEEN TIGERS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1898, 30 May 1889, Page 4
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