Bimo the survivor

[Salt Merchant]

On February 2012, Taman Safari rescue a Sumatran tiger in Riau, named Bimo. Bimo's body condition was wet with oil, his eyes were open and helpless, it was suspected that Bimo was poisoned. At the time of capture, the male tiger, estimated to be four years old, had a wound on his toenail. After being treated for three days, Bimo has begun to roar, but has not been able to sit normally. So the rescue team decided to take Bimo to the Taman Safari's animal hospital. Bimo's condition gradually improved after receiving intensive care. Although Bimo cannot be released into the wild, Bimo can contribute to the genetic preservation of Sumatran tigers with the Sumatran Tiger Captive Breeding and Genome Resource Bank program conducted by Taman Safari. Now, Bimo's reproductive condition has improved, and currently Bimo has three children named Praja, Binsar, and Bulan from brooders named Cut Nyak. Cut Nyak is a female tiger also originating from the wild, more precisely in Aceh, because she was suspected to be a man eater.

 

[Zoofan15]

On February 2012, Taman Safari rescue a Sumatran tiger in Riau, named Bimo. Bimo's body condition was wet with oil, his eyes were open and helpless, it was suspected that Bimo was poisoned. At the time of capture, the male tiger, estimated to be four years old, had a wound on his toenail. After being treated for three days, Bimo has begun to roar, but has not been able to sit normally. So the rescue team decided to take Bimo to the Taman Safari's animal hospital. Bimo's condition gradually improved after receiving intensive care. Although Bimo cannot be released into the wild, Bimo can contribute to the genetic preservation of Sumatran tigers with the Sumatran Tiger Captive Breeding and Genome Resource Bank program conducted by Taman Safari. Now, Bimo's reproductive condition has improved, and currently Bimo has three children named Praja, Binsar, and Bulan from brooders named Cut Nyak. Cut Nyak is a female tiger also originating from the wild, more precisely in Aceh, because she was suspected to be a man eater.

Tigers like Bimo and Cut Nyak are extremely valuable to the captive breeding programme as the majority of the captive population descend from only 37 founders. Australia Zoo received 1.2 siblings that were born 2007 at Taman Safari to wild born parents and they're among the most genetically valuable Sumatran tigers outside of Indonesia. It's always tragic when tigers run into conflict with humans; but it's great a positive can come of it through their contributions to the breeding programme. Exports from Indonesia are rare - but I hope more will follow in the future to enhance our breeding programmes.