- by KYIV
- 01 27, 2025
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ALEX has gained some weight, and started walking. The bloody welts that covered his body when he arrived at Natalia Popova’s shelter in January are gone. He still suffers from gastroenteritis, and his roar sounds like a chain-smoker’s cough, but he will live. Alex also needs a new home. A shed on the outskirts of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, is no place for a white tiger.Ukrainian troops found Alex near Vovchansk, a town they recaptured from Russian forces last year, locked in a cramped enclosure and starving. They then called Ms Popova, who hopped into her van, drove for 600km (370 miles) and brought Alex back to her stables.
