Advertising of the Dream Circus is seen in the rubbish in the city of Yakutsk, about 4,800 kilometers (3,000 miles) east of Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. Eight tigers and a lioness belonging to a Russian traveling circus died during a 20-hour truck journey across Siberia, police said Tuesday. The animals were dead when they arrived early Tuesday in the city of Yakutsk, police spokesman Nikolai Sizykh said.
No cause has been determined, but among the possibilities under investigation are poisoning from exhaust fumes or food poisoning, he said.
(AP Photo/Yakutsk Vecherny, Alexander Li)
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