NZP's Samson Dies

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Summary

The National Zoological Park's male Bengal tiger, "Samson," mate of "Mohini," dies of a degenerative kidney ailment.

Subject

  • Mohini Rewa (Tiger)
  • Samson
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Torch gives date as December, 1966.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, "The Torch," December 1966, p. 2.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 26, 1966

Topic

  • Animals
  • Deaths
  • Tigers

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