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At last! I was finally able to see the zoo's two Sumatran Tigers in their enclosure.
This is Kirana, the female.
Siberian Tiger aka Amur Tiger aka Manchurian Tiger aka Korean Tiger aka Altaic Tiger aka North China Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
The rain has eased off, and one of the cubs decides to brave it to make the run over to where his mother has settled down.
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Memorial day weekend, I decided to go to the Bronx zoo with my niece and nephew. I got really lucky with this cub being so close to the fence.
I love Tigers, Its unfortunate that there are only about 5000 of them left in the wild. I encourage everyone to help in saving this majestic cat.
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The Sumatran tiger cubs, born May 2006, are Guntur (male), Melati and Maharani (both female), March 27, 2007, National Zoo, Washington, DC.
The tigers in Sariska are tagged so the rangers know approximately where they are at any given time. Number Six was said to be “just over that hill”, so we headed in that direction. No sign. Just as we were turning round to go out of the park, we met a tourist jeep who claimed to have seen him, so the guide told us to “hold on tight” and we set off at break neck speed up the hill. Sure enough, there behind the trees was a tiger. You could only just about make him out through the foliage.
After a couple of minutes the tiger got up and started walking along, bored with lying camouflaged in the jungle. The driver anticipated where he would come out on the road, and he was right.
Without a single glance at our Jeep, the tiger nonchalantly walked along the road, where we followed him for several minutes. Occasionally he would stop and sniff (smell the flowers?) or mark his territory.
Around the last bend we spotted a man (possibly a ranger) on foot in the road ahead. We tried to signal to him to go back, but he was taking no notice of us, nor had he seen the tiger. Then the tiger spotted him too, and the driver shouted as loud as I have ever heard any man shout, with the rest of us joining in for good measure. That did the trick - it scared both the man and the tiger. The man ran off and the tiger turned to see where the noise came from and automatically made a charge. The driver slammed the car into reverse, but the tiger changed his mind and jumped back up into the jungle again. Just as well as we were only about 20 metres away at this time, in an open Jeep.
We could still see him in amongst the trees, and followed him as far as we could before he went further into the jungle, heading for the waterhole; and we rushed off to get to the gates before they closed at 18:00.
What an exciting afternoon!
TIGER, the third Chinese zodiac animal. Lantern sculpture at River Hongbao 2012, Marina Bay Floating Platform, Singapore. 寅虎彩灯，春到河畔迎新年，新加坡滨海湾浮动舞台，壬辰年春节。
In all the years I've been going to the zoo, I don't think I've ever seen an awake tiger. I guess I'll settle for a sleeping shot. Still a beautiful animal though.
Magnificent Tiger at Wellington Zoo.
I will never understand why mankind has hunted these beautiful creatures close to the edge of extinction through the years, but I was happy to read that there is a number of efforts to boost their numbers in the wild. I think some human treatment of such animals has been appalling. An absolute privelidge to see one at Wellington Zoo.
Sumatran Tiger
Orana Wildlife Park
McLeans Island Road
Harewood
Christchurch
New Zealand
www.oranawildlifepark.co.nz/about.htm
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My Easter holiday highlight was getting so close to the Tiger's at Paignton Zoo.It was nearly their feeding time and they were pacing around in expectation,which was great for us as they kept going past us in the viewing section.
This is one of the rare Sumatran cubs born last year.