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| Indian white tiger kills student at Delhi zoo | Indian white tiger kills student at Delhi zoo |
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| A white tiger has attacked and killed an Indian student at Delhi zoo, officials and witnesses say. | A white tiger has attacked and killed an Indian student at Delhi zoo, officials and witnesses say. |
| Zoo manager Riaz Khan said the young man "leapt over the railing into the tiger enclosure". Initial reports described him as a schoolboy. | Zoo manager Riaz Khan said the young man "leapt over the railing into the tiger enclosure". Initial reports described him as a schoolboy. |
| Television pictures showed the student crouching against a wall while the tiger stood near him. | Television pictures showed the student crouching against a wall while the tiger stood near him. |
| An eyewitness said he was leaning over the barricade which was "very low" and may have fallen inside the enclosure. | An eyewitness said he was leaning over the barricade which was "very low" and may have fallen inside the enclosure. |
| "Around 1.30 pm, we were in the reptiles area when we heard loud screams," eyewitness Himanshu told CNN-IBN news channel. | "Around 1.30 pm, we were in the reptiles area when we heard loud screams," eyewitness Himanshu told CNN-IBN news channel. |
| "I ran to the tiger enclosure where we saw that a white tiger had caught the student by his neck and he was writhing in pain. Some children threw small sticks and stones at the tiger. | "I ran to the tiger enclosure where we saw that a white tiger had caught the student by his neck and he was writhing in pain. Some children threw small sticks and stones at the tiger. |
| "He suffered for the next 10-15 minutes but nobody helped him." | "He suffered for the next 10-15 minutes but nobody helped him." |
| Himanshu said the police "came very quickly", but could not save him. | Himanshu said the police "came very quickly", but could not save him. |
| White tigers are a rare variant of the customary orange Bengal sub-species and and owe their colour to a recessive gene. | |
| Considered an endangered species, they are found in south and east Asia, particularly India. | |
| Today, they are found exclusively in captive programmes where the limited numbers are interbred to maintain the distinctive fur colour. | |
| A number of the white tigers found in zoos have health issues, such as eyesight problems and some deformities. | |
| The last known free-ranging white tiger is known to have been shot in 1958, before which sporadic sightings in the wild were made in India. |