The tiger cub dosn't looks very lucky-no wonder, taking away from its mother for such pictures...Tigers aren't domestic cats, I ask me, when some zoos will learn that...
This tiger cub was "taken" from his mother cause it was her 3rd litter and still she didnt take care of them, his brother died and we saved him. i was playing with him after the feeding. i agree that those animals are not pets but to when you critisize someone, at list ask what happend before you jump to conclusions!
Hmmm, i think that people who think that animals shouldnt be raised like this but want animals in zoos are hypocrites. This tiger (assuming its sumatran/amer w/e) is very rare in the wild and therefore if the mother isnt looking after him properly, we shouldnt just let it die....
when zoos are here to conserve a species then i think steps should be taken to intervene *in extreme cases* like this. Yes it is a shame that this cub is being hand reared - not as much of a shame as if this cub had died like his brother. Good job.
Judging by what I have seen from forumster drzoomi here at ZooChat, I don´t think we have any reason to mistrust his devotion and professionalism in his zoo work. His passion is obvious and due to his experiences from many travels and visits to numerous zoos I gather he is a guy to be trusted when it comes to management of zoo animals.
Judging by what I have seen from forumster drzoomi here at ZooChat, I don´t think we have any reason to mistrust his devotion and professionalism in his zoo work. His passion is obvious and due to his experiences from many travels and visits to numerous zoos I gather he is a guy to be trusted when it comes to management of zoo animals.
wow...thanks for the compliments
In general my zoo try not to hand rear animals, but in this case we had to do what we could to save this littel guy! he is soon going to move to france and we are hoping that he will have cubs with his new mate.
again, thanks!
Zebraduiker does address an important subject here: on the one hand, a modern zoo and its staff have the responsibility (often supported & demanded by national & international animal right regulations) to take proper & factual care of the animals they keep. On the other hand, it is questionable whether you should continue to breed with animals that lack important social behaviour-like properly rearing their youngs. Such unselective breeding might result in an ex-situ population completely dependent on human help - surely not fit for a future release in the wild to join their oh-so-rare "fellow specimens".
Likewise, there is the problem of hand-reared animals imprinted on humans-and the danger & problems they pose for the people who have to work with them. And last but not least: don't forget what such (actually well-intended & completely innocent) images are for the anti-zoo lobby: excellent breeding ground for their propaganda that zoos are all about breeding cute animal babies as crowd pleasures & to generate money...
So you might not like Zebraduiker's opinion, @Mzungu & Ash, but as real zoo fans you should not neglect the importance of the point he made-nor descend to personal insults.
I agree with you, and thats why his mother did get an implant so she wont breed in the near future.
this picture was taken when he was realy small, right after feeding him, in this age he does need some one to play with every now and than, i can asure you that after we dont get in with him anymore
i do understand why and what he is saying has a point, i even agree with that point
but this picture is not "a showbiz" picture. it is a zookeeper picture, and you'll find those kind of picture in most zoo keepers collection cause those are the animals we work with, we love them and yes...we also want to remember them.
(...) it is a zookeeper picture, and you'll find those kind of picture in most zoo keepers collection cause those are the animals we work with, we love them and yes...we also want to remember them.
You're not the only one with such pics, @drzoomi-so I can absolutely relate to what you wrote. And I'm glad to see that we agree on this point.
However, it should be allowed for all zoochat members to utter their opinion, without being immediately attacked by others. And we should remember the ambiguity of such pictures, especially if taken out of the context.
The tiger cub dosn't looks very lucky-no wonder, taking away from its mother for such pictures...Tigers aren't domestic cats, I ask me, when some zoos will learn that...
with all do respect this message is a bit cynical and preachering. does he realy thinks i see tigers as domestic cats? come on....he attacked me, personally and my zoo, calling us unprofionall...so yes..i will be angry.
