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“The autopsy shows that tiger Ilya had a tear in the diaphragm. As a result, the intestines have come to lie beyond the stomach, in the chest. This caused acute distress,” the park reported on social media.
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A team of vets and caretakers provided medical care to the animal, but unfortunately Ilya did not recover ‘and died of shock’. “Ilya was an icon of our park, he has reached the beautiful age of seventeen.”
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