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Endangered tiger cub triplets born in London

By Washington Examiner
Published March 13, 2014 4:54am ET
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Endangered tiger cub triplets born in London
This Sunday Feb. 9, 2014 photo issued by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) on Wednesday March 12, 2014, shows Sumatran tigress Melati with her as yet unsexed triplet Sumatran tiger cubs which were born at the zoo to the five-year-old Sumatran tigress Melati on Feb. 3, 2014 following a 106-day pregnancy. (AP Photo/Zoological Society of London) | AP

LONDON (AP) — At London Zoo, good news has come in threes.

The zoo said Thursday that 5-year-old Sumatran tiger Melati has given birth to triplets, a little more than a year after the endangered tiger lost a three-week-old cub.

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