The two-year-old Mila slipped off a bench after being given anesthesia for an important dental treatment, the zoo said.
A 2-year-old Amur tiger at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado died in a tragic"freak accident," the zoo announced in aThe tiger, Mila, was given a dose of anesthesia on Aug. 25 for an upcoming dental procedure, after which she jumped on a bench to lie down while the anesthetic took effect, the zoo said. But after lying down, she slipped off the waist-tall bench at an angle that caused her to suffer a fatal spinal injury, according to the zoo.
Mila, the only cub to survive in her litter, had been sent to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo from the Toronto Zoo back in March on a future breeding recommendation. Zoo leadership emphasized the amount of thought that went into the decision to administer anesthesia to treat the tiger's dental issue.
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