The Tiger Pit @ Whipsnade, circa 1930s

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  Bwassa

• 7 Dec 2009

This is from a postcard. The Tiger Pit was adapted in 1947 for a pair of Kodiak Bears, who lived in it until 1984, when they were sent to Duisberg.
It was very barren, just the concrete tiers, a pool, and a tree trunk.
The pit was filled in and grassed over around 1989.

 

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  PeGe

• 7 Dec 2009

Are there any informations concerning the tiger subspecies/hybrid status?

 

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  Animal

• 11 Dec 2009

It's duisburg

For me they look like sumatrans.

 

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  Bwassa

• 12 Dec 2009

I don't know much about the tigers back then. I think they were Bengals, but whether they were pure or hybrid, I'm afraid I can't help you with.

 

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  Bwassa

• 12 Dec 2009

Animal said:

It's duisburg

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Sorry Animal

 

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  PeGe

• 12 Dec 2009

Thanks!
Ah, Duisburg!
Yes, i was aslo thinking of Sumatrans first but because of the date and the fact that in these days e.g. Berlin had "Sunda Tigers", i am interested to lern more about these ones in their concrete desert.

 

J

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  James27

• 12 Dec 2009

I think they look like Sumatrans too.

 

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  zebedee101

• 27 Feb 2010

British Pathe - BABY HIPPO

The pit can be seen at the end of this clip after the kodiak bears were the inhabitants

 

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  Animal

• 1 Mar 2010

Thanks. Babykodiaks is one thing you dont see every day

 

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  gentle lemur

• 2 Mar 2010

Animal said:

Thanks. Babykodiaks is one thing you dont see every day

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I remember seeing four baby Kodiaks (rather smaller than the ones on the video) on my first visit to Whipsnade in 1972. They were charming, but the enclosure was very bare and outdated even then.

Alan