In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 photo a rare, white Bengal tiger named "Taj" eats prime steak at Southwick's Zoo, in Mendon, Mass. After a transformer fire knocked out power to homes and businesses in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, prime cuts of meat were donated to the zoo by a restaurant affected by the power outage. The Capital Grille steakhouse in Boston donated 2,500 pounds of meat worth $20,000 to the zoo. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson)
In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 photo a rare, white Bengal tiger named "Taj" eats prime steak at Southwick's Zoo, in Mendon, Mass. After a transformer fire knocked out power to homes and businesses in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, prime cuts of meat were donated to the zoo by a restaurant affected by the power outage. The Capital Grille steakhouse in Boston donated 2,500 pounds of meat worth $20,000 to the zoo. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson)
In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 photo, a lion eats prime steak at Southwick's Zoo, in Mendon, Mass. After a transformer fire knocked out power to homes and businesses in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, prime cuts of meat were donated to the zoo by a restaurant affected by the power outage. The Capital Grille steakhouse in Boston donated 2,500 pounds of meat worth $20,000 to the zoo. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson)
MENDON, Mass. (AP) ? The transformer fire that knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in Boston turned about to be a stroke of delicious luck for the big cats at a Massachusetts zoo.
The Capital Grille donated 2,500 pounds of steak worth $20,000 to the Southwick's Zoo in Mendon after the restaurant lost power on Tuesday and the prime cuts of meat were no longer fit for human consumption even though they were kept in a refrigerated truck.
The zoo's two Bengal tigers, an African lion and a leopard dined like kings on Thursday. And there are enough leftovers to feed the cats for weeks to come.
Zoo owner Betsey Brewer tells The Telegram & Gazette (http://bit.ly/wLPMtS) she was surprised and delighted by the out-of-the-blue offer.
About 21,000 customers lost power after the fire. Almost all customers were back online by Friday.
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Information from: Telegram & Gazette, http://www.telegram.com
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