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I really enjoy visiting the Amur tiger section at Longleat, as I find them extremely beautiful animals. The tigers at Longleat are well looked after, and the zoo keepers are very good at feeding times as they occasionally hide the meat in the branches of trees so that when the tigers are let into their enclosure they have to search for their food.
Amur tigers are fully mature and able to mate from 4 years of age. Their cubs are born small, helpless and blind and depend on their mother for safety and for the mother’s milk. Tiger cubs grow very fast and will be almost 4 times their original size after just one month.
The Amur tiger is also known as the Siberian tiger, and are considered to be the largest of all of the big cats. They have many stripes; however no two tigers have the same stripe pattern. Amur tigers are now protected by law in the wild and are linked to conservation projects.
Tiger fell from 8-storey high building but miraculously he survived with a few broken limbs, almost losing a leg, he was warded 2 nights in the hospital. Even though he still denies food, the doctor permitted my friend to bring him home on the third day. Tiger was jiggling merrily with 3 casted legs, parts of shaven fur and a disfigured face in the bedroom, he was probably happy after nights of being caged and monitored by strangers.
But what came after Tiger shortly was slow and painful. My friend returned from school at night and found Tiger laying down looking lifeless, he was immediately brought back to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed that he could be suffering from internal injuries, and there was an infection on his tougue as well, thus a lost in appetite. He was having a fever and had become very weak due to food deficiency. Two nights after, Tiger died, and Death wasn’t easy on him, he struggled. Tiger was 3.5 years old.
I remember nanny-ing Tiger when my friend had lunch. He layed obediently on my lap while I did my work. He purred when I rubbed the neck, gave me his signature wide-eyed look every now and then. And that was when I thought I should snap some photos of him. He actually ran to me wanting more affectionate neck-rubs when he was carried away by his owner and it was then I decided that DAMN, I am really fond of this cat…
While we mourn what we have lost, we celebrate what we had… and in saying goodbye, we renew our pledge to love and care for any creature nature has entrust to us for its time of life.
So here is goodbye.
Harbin city in Heilongjiang, China is home to the worlds biggest tiger breeding centre for Siberian Tigers.
During a tekking in the Periyar wildlife sanctuary, we descovered a footprint of a adult tiger. The size of the print is impressive!