Zoo takes terrible toll on animals

By Michael Bachelard
Updated June 18 2013 - 10:23am, first published May 27 2013 - 3:00am
Shocking facilities: Melani, a severely underweight Sumatran tiger, is wasting away. Photo: Michael Bachelard
Shocking facilities: Melani, a severely underweight Sumatran tiger, is wasting away. Photo: Michael Bachelard

Melani the Sumatran tiger heaves herself painfully to her feet, walks to the fence and is hand-fed a few pieces of chicken cut into small chunks. She's skin and bone, but she eats less than a child might before returning to chew, like a sick domestic cat, on the grass.

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