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Phevos, a tiger brought from Greece to a sanctuary east of San Diego amid international concern that it was being neglected at a zoo outside Athens, has died.The 17-year-old male tiger was euthanized after weeks of a slow, painful decline that veterinarians at the Lions Tigers & Bears sanctuary in Alpine were unable to arrest, according to a statement released Friday.Phevos was brought to Lions Tigers & Bears in December after an airlift that took 20 hours. The trip was financed by a British animal-care activist alarmed at reports of Phevos' condition and the death of another tiger at the same zoo.The BBC, before the airlift, referred to Phevos as "the latest victim of Greece's economic crisis" because the government could not afford to provide adequate care at the zoo.Phevos and five other tigers had been part of a traveling circus from Italy when they were seized by Greek officials in 2002 because the circus lacked appropriate documentation.A memorial for Phevos is scheduled for Oct. 3 at the sanctuary, 40 miles east of San Diego.
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