FILE PHOTO: Covid, a Bengal tiger cub, named after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is pictured at the zoo in Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Sofia Dorantes
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The rare birth of a baby tiger called "Covid" has brought a glimmer of hope to a private zoo in eastern Mexico even as normal life seizes up in the country to contain the deadly coronavirus that inspired his name.
Named by the family that owns the zoo as the global pandemic intensified, Bengal tiger Covid was born on March 14 in a small zoo in the city of Cordoba that specializes in rescuing animals from circuses and exotic private collections.
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