{"id":730357,"date":"2026-08-07T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/730357\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:18:12","slug":"zoppa-the-limping-tiger-rescued-from-circus-put-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/730357\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoppa, the limping tiger rescued from circus, put to sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Animal manager Marc Fox, who had cared for Zoppa since she arrived at the sanctuary, said: &#8220;I personally have cared for 28 different tigers throughout my career, and I can honestly say that Zoppa has genuinely been the loveliest tiger I have ever had the honour to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Although we always knew that her disability would become harder for her to cope with as she aged, it never made this decision any easier. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It has been a privilege to care for her, and she will be deeply missed by everyone who knew her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sanctuary said Zoppa, who especially loved spending time in the pool, was one of the most vocal tigers at the sanctuary, always greeting her carers with &#8220;soft chuffs&#8221; [puffing noises].<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Her strength, resilience and gentle nature will never be forgotten,&#8221; the sanctuary said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Rest peacefully, beautiful Zoppa. You will always hold a special place in our hearts.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Animal manager Marc Fox, who had cared for Zoppa since she arrived at the sanctuary, said: &#8220;I personally&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-730357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}