Tiger Death Toll 83 From Bird Flu
Another 30 tigers died from bird flu at the world's largest breeding farm in Thailand, taking the death toll from an outbreak there to 83, Friday, October 22, 2004. The endangered young royal Bengal tigers began dying October 14 at the private Sri Racha Tiger Zoo in Chon Buri province southeast of Bangkok, in an outbreak believed to have started when animals were fed raw infected chickens. Another five tigers were declared sick and are being treated with human anti-virus drug therapy.