Project Report
| Dec 22, 2019
Winter Update 2019
By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
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Photo: Uriel Nori
Tigers in the wild, especially on hot days, often go into pools or streams to play and cool off. They usually only enter with half their body.
As part of the enrichment activities that the carnivore keepers prepare for the tigers, they brought to the exhibit a "nomad ball": a ball that had been moved through a number of different exhibits at the Zoo and had absorbed the smell of different animals.
Avigdor and Hannah were delighted by the new addition and played in the water with the ball for much longer that the keepers had expected.
This activity encourages territory marking as well an water entry and interaction between the two tigers.
Keep warm!
Rachael and the Tiger Team
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Photo: Uriel Nori
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Sep 23, 2019
Fall Update
By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
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Resting in the summer heat
The busy summer season has passed with large numbers of visitors enjoying their visit to the Zoo.
The Tiger Exhibit is one of the larger and more popular exhibits. It consists of a shaded tunnel with a large window to the tigers' pool, several large viewing windows as well as an upstairs viewing platform.
Lately Hannah, much to the delight of the visitors who make the effort to go up the stairs to the platform, has taken to napping immediately opposite the viewing platform's window.
Plans are afoot to refurbish the tigers' pool and to replace its filter and pumping system to increase the water quality and hopefully encourage the tigers to take a dip more often.
As for Hannah's much expected pregnancy... no news yet and the latest forecast from Binyamin, the chief carnivore keeper, is a delivery at the start of October. Not long now!!
Have a lovely fall,
Rachael and the Tiger Team!
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Tiger stripes
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Jun 26, 2019
Summer Update
By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
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Photo: Tamari
Shalom Tiger lovers,
As we reported last time, Hannah the tigeress was pregnant agiain.
She gave birth during Passover to a single cub, who again did not survive.
Hannah and her partner, Avigdor, are expecting again and we are hoping to see a birth at the beginning of September.
As we explained in our last report, it has been decided that if she gives birth to more than one cub - tigers usually have 2-4 offspring in each birth - this time they will be taken away from the parents and hand-reared by the dedicated keepers at the Zoo.
This is because of the critically endangered status of the Sumatran tigers - we cannot afford to lose any more offspring.
So let's keep our fingers crossed this time and hope that we will be able to share with you some cute baby tiger cub pictures in our next report.
Have a safe Summer!
Rachael and the Tiger Team
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