NEWSLINK: Abandoned pet tigers found in shocking conditions

In Ukraine, six tigers in terrible conditions have been rescued by animal rights activists. According to the Daily Mail, the tigers were held in captivity in Kiev and were found when a neighbor reported noise. The animals were allegedly abandoned by a Ukrainian businessman who moved out of the country.

Local animal activist Evgheniya Prokopenko said of the findings, “We got a call saying they are being kept in a tiny aviary and that they are keeping people awake by roaring day and night.The aviaries where they are being housed were made of improvised materials. The conditions were shocking, three tigers lived in an eight-square-metre aviary in mud and their own waste, with no possibility to find a dry place.”

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