Tigers are revered in Bhutan, but they still try to stay away from humans whenever possible. In 2018, a large male tiger was observed hanging around the outskirts of the nation’s capital, Thimphu. The tiger appeared listless and unafraid of humans. Tigers are nocturnal, but here it was in daylight, so something was definitely wrong with this tiger. Officials from Bhutan’s Nature Conservation Division sent a unit out to find the tiger. A wildlife veterinarian flew in from Cornell University, concerned that the tiger might be suffering from canine distemper, which could spread to other tigers in the dwindling population of Bhutan. A local veterinarian thought the tiger might be suffering from a tapeworm that had been observed in local yaks.
It didn’t take all that long to locate and capture the tiger, but figuring out what was wrong with it was another story. Read about the sick tiger and the conservationists who worked to solve the mystery at Atlas Obscura.
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