Usda Cites West Virginia Zoo For Handling Of Tiger Cubs

The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Inspectors say a West Virginia zoo used tiger cubs in photoshoots without properly feeding or vaccinating them.A U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service report said Kingwood's Hovatters Wildlife Zoo took cubs from their mother at birth and displayed them behind the gift shop counter at two to three weeks old.It said the zoo used cubs for photoshoots at two-and-a-half weeks old without vaccinations.Inspectors said the supplement fed to the cubs for one day isn't proven to provide immune protection.