Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens is mourning the death of a female Bengal tiger after it was attacked by a male tiger.
Sita died after an "uncharacteristic altercation" with Jahdu, a royal white tiger, the wildlife centre said in a statement.
"The team at Zion know that this is the way of the wild but a death is always difficult to come to terms with."
Dalu Mncube, a keeper at the zoo, was mauled to death by a white tiger in May 2009.
- NZPA
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