Article: The Roanoke Times, Va., Joe Kennedy column: Ruby's story is a bit too universal.

Byline: Joe Kennedy

Aug. 16--I'm bummed.

Ruby the tiger is getting old.

At 19 or so, she has the sorts of problems people in their 80s would have.

The most serious is a kidney issue that eventually may claim her life.

Not that she and I were ever close.

I've seen her sunning in her cage at the Mill Mountain Zoo maybe three or four times since she arrived as a tot in 1988.

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