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JONATHAN HAYWARD / THE CANADIAN PRESS Nala gets a ride with her mom almost a year ago.

MONTREAL -- A tiger and two camels whose disappearance made international headlines were relaxing back at home on Tuesday after being found by Quebec provincial police.

Jonas the tiger and camels Shawn and Todd were found safe in their trailer on a rural road Monday evening after an alert passerby saw the trailer and tipped police.

HANDOUT / THE CANADIAN PRESS Camels Shawn and Todd, 5, are seen in a trailer that was recovered Monday east of Montreal.

"They were in great shape," said Sgt. Ronald McInnis, a Quebec provincial police spokesman. "The veterinarian thinks that the people who stole the animals gave them something to eat and drink."

The trailer and the truck pulling it were snatched while its driver took a rest break during the long drive bringing the animals from Nova Scotia to the Bowmanville, Ont., zoo.

"The veterinarian gave them a good bill of health," head zookeeper Stefanie MacEwan said Tuesday.

The good news came as the Vancouver Aquarium delivered some very sad news: A beluga calf born to much fanfare there last summer died of a "bizarre" condition that is baffling veterinarians around the world.

Vancouver Aquarium staff said Nala was thriving until about two weeks ago when she stopped nursing as usual. Blood samples showed she had an infection, which was treated with antibiotics.

She was soon back to normal and frolicking with her mom before taking a turn for the worse on Sunday, aquarium veterinarian Martin Haulena said Tuesday. She died just after 10 p.m. on Monday.

Haulena said staff discovered that Nala, who was born last June to Aurora, the aquarium's 20-year-old female beluga, had a pocket beneath her larynx, or voice box, which contained two stones and a penny.

But he said the pocket isn't supposed to be there and no one knows if it developed when debris became trapped in the space or whether the beluga was born with the sac.

He said the penny may have been dropped in the pool by a visitor despite signs in the area asking visitors to keep objects away.

-- The Canadian Press / Canwest News Service