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Katmandu, a male white tiger, was born on 5/1/02 and moved from the Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas to the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond, California in May 2009.
Please note that EFBC does not breed white tigers.
This photo was taken during the June 2016 Twilight Tour, when visitors (age 18 and over) are allowed to visit areas that are not normally accessible to the public.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park - Escondido, California - Suka (meaning "loved" in Malay) the Sumatran Tiger was born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on 9/14/15 to first-time parents Joanne and Teddy. Shortly after his birth, Suka was rejected by his mother and was hand-raised by keepers. During his first few months, Suka suffered from a number of health problems, but with the excellent care provided by keepers and veterinarians, he fully recovered. You can read more about Suka's early days in San Diego Zoo Global's ZOONOOZ online here:
zoonooz.sandiegozoo.org/zoonooz/labor-of-love/
Suka has three younger siblings (Cathy, Debbie and Nelson) who were born on 1/28/16.
Ranchipur is a male Asian elephant born in the wild in 1966. He celebrated his 50th birthday in January 2016. He is pictured here in the Elephant Odyssey exhibit at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California.
Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains Exhibit - Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles, California - Johari was born at the Los Angeles Zoo on 10/27/14 to Zoe and Glenn.
WWII US Army Airborne soldier walking the parade. Traveling through and decided to stop and take in the Veterans Day parade in Birmingham, Alabama. Sony a77M2 and Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 G lens.
Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles, California - C.J. (short for Castro Jr.) is a Sumatran tiger who was born at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento, California on 3/3/13 to Bahagia (Mom) and Castro (Dad) and moved to the Los Angeles Zoo in October 2014. He is the last offspring of Baha (who died on 2/10/16) and Castro (who died on 10/29/14).
He has four older siblings:
(1) Kipling, born on 11/24/06, lives at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas, Texas
(2) Emerson, born on 11/24/06, lives at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia
(3) Taymor (a.k.a. "Larry"), born on 11/24/06, lives at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California
(4) Jingga, born on 3/18/10, lives at the Topeka Zoo in Topeka, Kansas
You can see photos of C.J. and his parents in my Sacramento Zoo photo album:
www.flickr.com/photos/137831845@N06/albums/72157663646727626
The total solar eclipse of 2017 was the first total eclipse to cross from West Coast to East Coast. My partner and I drove to Arco, Idaho, my brother's home town, which was in the 70 mile band that would experience a total eclipse.
Tiga, a Malayan tiger, was born at the San Diego Zoo on 10/17/00 to Hassan (Dad) and Danai (Mom). He lived at the Naples Zoo in Naples, Florida from 5/11/02 until he moved to the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond, California on 11/19/12.
Tiga's sister/littermate, Satu, lives at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas.
Tiga also has one living older brother, Baram, who was born on 6/10/99 and lives at the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, Texas.
Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles, California - Kaloa the jaguar was born at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska on 7/12/01. He moved to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts on 4/12/02 and the Denver Zoo in Denver, Colorado on 12/3/03. He has lived at his current home at the Los Angeles Zoo since 4/6/05.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park - Suka is a Sumatran tiger born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California on 9/14/15 to first-time parents Teddy and Joanne.
Exotic Feline Breeding Compound - Rosamond, California - Zeya the Amur Leopard was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas on 5/14/11 to Lischinka (Mom) and Kosma (Dad) and moved to EFBC on 11/7/11. She lived at the San Diego Zoo with her brothers, Primorye and Koshka, from 3/7/12 until she moved back to EFBC on 2/23/13. Koshka moved back to EFBC on 5/17/16. Primorye passed away from cancer on 7/7/15.