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White tiger dies in Indore zoo after cobra bites

Source: PTI
December 27, 2014 22:35 IST
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A white tiger on Saturday died after being bitten by a venomous cobra at the Kamala Nehru zoo in Indore.

Three-year-old white tiger Rajjan was found dead inside the cage at the zoo on Saturday morning while a cobra snake in an injured condition was also found near the cage, zoo in-charge

Uttam Yadav told reporters.

“It appears that the tiger had a fight with the snake and died after the snake bit the big cat,” he said.

The white tiger was brought from Bhilai some days back only.

Post-mortem of the animal confirmed that it died because of the poison, Yadav added.

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