HARTSDALE, N.Y. (AP) - A tiger rescued from a Harlem apartment has died at around the age of 19.
Ming found a new home at an Ohio animal sanctuary after being captured in 2003. He had mauled his then-owner, who was trying to keep the tiger away from a kitten. The New York Post confirmed this week that Ming died in February. His cremated remains were buried in April at the suburban Hartsdale Pet Cemetery , north of New York City.
The head of Noah’s Lost Ark , Ellen Karnofel, tells the Daily News that the ceremony was kept quiet because Ming “deserved some peace” after becoming a spectacle.
She says Ming had “a really good life” at the sanctuary, swimming and playing with “tiger friends.”
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