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Tiger cub spooked by fireworks jumps to death in east China

BEIJING – A tiger cub jumped off a building to its death in eastern China when it was spooked by fireworks set off to celebrate the Chinese New Year, a forestry officer and state media said today (Feb 26).

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BEIJING – A tiger cub jumped off a building to its death in eastern China when it was spooked by fireworks set off to celebrate the Chinese New Year, a forestry officer and state media said today (Feb 26).

The 7-month-old cub escaped its chains and cage and fell onto a parking lot in Pingdu city in Shandong province on Feb 18, according to the reports and a Pingdu municipal forestry bureau official, who gave only her name as Ms Dai.

The incident happened on Lunar New Year’s Eve, the start of a two-week period in which people set off fireworks in the streets.

Some reports said the tiger was being kept illegally after the owner had agreed to raise it for a park. Ms Dai said she couldn’t confirm this and the case was under investigation. AP

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