Home / Environment / Public Endeavor Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Siberian Tiger Cub Gets Foster-Parents
Adjust font size:

“It was incredible! I saw the guards taking care of a tiger cub,” Mrs. Zhang reported to New Business, an affiliated newspaper with Dalian Daily. Then she asked, very perplexed: “Siberian tigers are an endangered species. Can people actually own one? ” The lady was stunned because she had seen a tiger cub outside a duty room of a hot spring resort in Dalian City.

 

  The guard holds the tiger cub in his arms.

 

To confirm the bizarre news, a reporter visited to the resort on Monday. To his surprise he found the cuddly female cub gnawing at her cage. She was probably teething a newly grown incisor. Later, he watched as a guard took her out of the cage and put the baby tiger on the lawn.

 

Asked whether it was legal to keep a tiger in captivity, Gong, the head guard, explained that their female cub was adopted from the Lvshun Lion and Tiger Zoo after obtaining approval from the wildlife conservation department. “When adopted, she was only one month old and pretty sick. But now she’s picked up and gotten much stronger,” Gong said. “We feed her four or five times a day. Milk, eggs and beef are daily necessities. Her food budget runs to nearly 2,000 yuan (US$264) each month.”

 

Song Zemin, the department director of Dalian Wildlife Conservation Station also confirmed the adoption as valid. He said: “The booming numbers of tigers and the ever-soaring meat prices have jointly made the zoo fall into hard times. A few of the tigers were actually starving. So the zoo appealed to the public for help. With official approval, any organization or individual who meets the required qualifications will be allowed to adopt a tiger cub for four months. Afterwards he must return the animal to the zoo.”

 

The tiger cub toys with a trouser cuff.

 

The adopted parents must guarantee that they have the ability to feed the cub and to provide the necessary shots and vaccines. During the adoption period, the zoo will be on call to help tend and nurse the adopted animal in case of injury or accident.

 

(China.org.cn by He Shan, August 15, 2007)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous

China Archives
Related >>
- Guangzhou Zoo's Animal Adoption Program Stagnant
- Animal Adoptions Losing Popularity
- Couple Adopts Tigers to Mark Marriage
- Endangered Siberian Tiger Cub Sighted in North China
- Wild Siberian Tiger Dies of Hunger
- Center Births 84 Siberian Tiger Cubs
- Siberian Tigers' Population Hits New High
Most Viewed >>
Air Quality 
Cities Major Pollutant Air Quality Level
Beijing particulate matter II
Shanghai particulate matter III1
Guangzhou sulfur dioxide II
Chongqing particulate matter III2
Xi'an particulate matter III1
Most Read
- White paper on energy
- Endangered monkeys grow in number
- Yangtze River's Three Gorges 2 mln years in the making
- The authorities sets sights on polluted soil
- China, US benefit from clean energy
NGO Events Calendar Tips
- Hand in hand to protect endangered animals and plants
- Changchun, Mini-marathon Aimed at Protecting Siberian Tiger
- Water Walk by Nature University
- Green Earth Documentary Salon
- Prof. Maria E. Fernandez to Give a Lecture on Climate Change
More
Archives
UN meets on climate change
The UN Climate Change Conference brought together representatives of over 180 countries and observers from various organizations.
Panda Facts
A record 28 panda cubs born via artificial insemination have survived in 2006.
South China Karst
Rich and unique karst landforms located in south China display exceptional natural beauty.
Saving the Tibetan Antelopes
The rare animals survive in the harsh natural environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
More
Laws & Regulations
- Forestry Law of the People's Republic of China
- Meteorology Law of the People's Republic of China
- Fire Control Law of the People's Republic of China
- Law on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters
- Law of the People's Republic of China on Conserving Energy
More
Links:
State Environmental Protection Administration
Ministry of Water Resources
Ministry of Land and Resources
China Environmental Industry Network
Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base