Photo courtesy of Julie Larsen Maher © WCS. |
Two rare Malayan tiger cubs (Panthera tigris jacksoni) born at Wildlife
Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo are making their public debut at the popular Tiger Mountain
exhibit.
The cubs, Nadia and Azul, are both female and were born in
January. In the days following the birth, their mother was not providing
suitable maternal care so Bronx Zoo keepers
intervened and hand-raised the cubs until they were fully weaned.
This is the third litter of Malayan tigers born at the Bronx
Zoo.
Initially, the cubs required 24-hour care and were bottle-fed a
milk formula every three hours. Food intake was carefully recorded, and
the cubs were weighed daily to ensure they gained an appropriate amount of
weight.
The cubs were fully weaned by 40 days of age, at which time
they began to be slowly introduced to sights, sounds, and smells of adult
tigers.
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