A 12-year old Siberian tiger gave birth to quadruplets Wednesday in an animal breeding center in northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

 

"Dou Hua" gave birth to the four tiger cubs on Wednesday and it was the seventh time she became a mother, said an expert with the Hengdaohezi Feline Animals Breeding Center.

 

"Dou Hua" has given birth to 25 baby tigers and once set a record by giving birth to quintuplets.

 

The four tiger cubs born on Wednesday included two female tigers and two male tigers.

 

A total of 330 Siberian tigers bred in the China Hengdaohezi Feline Animals Breeding Center have survived in the past 18 years.

 

(Xinhua News Agency April 30, 2004)