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Risky manicure

COMPILED BY NIMI KURIAN

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LONG NAILS: File if you must.

Dani, 23, the oldest tiger in European captivity, will undergo a risky manicure to file its long claws, managers of the Stropkov zoo, in eastern Slovakia, announced. "Tigers which do not live in the wild generally have a problem filing their claws, which have a tendency to turn inwards and injure their paws," zoo director, Alexander Soos, told AFP. The manicure, performed twice before, will take place under sedation, which, given Dani's advanced age, represents a danger to the animal, Soos explained. Bought in 1983 from a Czech zoo, the Siberian tiger lives in an enclosure of around 30 square metres. In captivity, tigers normally live around 20 years.

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