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Tiger from 'worst zoo' gets new home

By Associated Press in Johannesburg | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-27 08:17

A Bengal tiger rescued from what activists have called "the worst zoo in the world" arrived in South Africa for a new home on Thursday, after living in a small cage in Gaza alongside another tiger's stuffed corpse.

The 9-year-old male, known as Laziz, arrived by plane. His handlers said he was in good condition and calm after traveling in a wooden crate.

The Four Paws charity launched a rescue effort at the Khan Younis Zoo in Gaza when it discovered that the zoo was displaying the stuffed corpses of animals that had died from stress, disease and starvation.

Tiger from 'worst zoo' gets new home

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