A rare Siberian tiger discovered near the Russian border seemed an auspicious beginning to China's Year of the Tiger, but within days, the emaciated cub had died of malnutrition.
The cub, believed to be about 1 year old, was already in poor shape just after it was found on Feb. 26 trapped in a fence, a security official with the forestry bureau in the northern province of Heilongjiang said Tuesday.
"It lay on the ground and looked so weak. We've had heavy snow these days, and it must have been starving," said the official, who would only give his family name, Zhang.
Siberian tigers are one of the world's rarest species, with just 300 …
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