THE ALBUQUERQUE BIO-PARK SAYS ONE OF IT'S BENGAL TIGERS, LUCY, HAS BEEN EUTHANIZED. LUCY WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND HAD LIVED AT THE BIO-PARK SINCE SHE WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS OLD. VETERINARIANS SAY AN X-RAY REVEALED A MASS IN HER LUNGS WHICH LIKELY DEVELOPED DUE TO HER AGE. THE TIGER DIDN'T RECOVER FROM THE ANESTHESIA, PROMPTING THE VETS TO PUT HER DOWN.
THE OTHER BENGAL TIGER AT THE BIO-PARK, SCOUT, IS ALSO 16 YEARS OLD. IN THE WILD, BENGALS CAN LIVE 8-TO-10 YEARS, BUT UP TO 20 YEARS IN A ZOO.
