TAMPA, Fla. — Big Cat Rescue in Tampa says one of its residents has died of a broken heart.
The rescue said Zabu the white tiger was euthanized Monday after suffering from kidney failure.
Officials, however, said they believe she died because she was missing Cameron, a lion who was rescued with Zabu in 2004.
The rescue called the cats "Big Cat Rescue's odd couple." It said the two were raised together as a roadside zoo, and its owners had hoped the two would mate so they could sell "liger" cubs.
The rescue fixed the two cats and built a big enclosure for them.
Cameron was put down March 12.
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