You're a lucky bastard shame that you presumably did not get any photographs of the animals in question, as (amazingly, considering how recently we are talking) I am not aware of any proven photographs of any of the individuals at the zoos I mentioned
There's another one, taken by the same photographer (just before?) of the same Tiger smelling the ground. Still haven't got used to the idea of it being there at such a recent time.
Like Pertinax I may have seen a living Javan tiger but like him too, I can't remember. I visited during 1967 Tilburg Zoo ( now closed ) but I was 2 years old at that time.....so no rememberings from that
@TeaLovingDave Alright, I'm mega-late to the party, but would you happen to still have those three photos on hand? (Doesn't seem they're visible here anymore).