Kanan was a wild tigress who jumped into a zoo enclosure in 1967, lured by a male tiger. Kanan sacrificed her freedom for captive tiger Pradeep and entered his open-air enclosure at the Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Eastern India. Unfortunately, Pradeep would not accept Kanan as he already had a companion named Sikha.

Kanan was celibate until her death on 21 July 1978 without accepting any other mate.[1]

Now, the Kanan Sq. at Nandankanan Zoo "immortalizes this iconic appreciate tale".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Tragic Adore Tale of a Wild Tigress and a Tiger in Odisha Zoo". 29 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Global Tiger Day: When a Wild Tigress Jumped into Odisha Zoo, Sacrificing Freedom for a Tiger".
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