Auckland Zoo Bon voyage breakfast with Auckland Zoo's tigers

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Axl

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Jalur and Cinta are leaving the zoo soon:

Bon voyage breakfast with Auckland Zoo's tigers

On Saturday 23 October from 8am to 10am, treat yourself to a unique breakfast with Auckland Zoo's Sumatran tigers.

As well as raising funds to help tigers in the wild, this tiger breakfast event offers you one of the last opportunities to farewell two of the Zoo's tigers, who are soon to relocate to Australia.

Tickets include early access into the Zoo, a continental breakfast in front of the tigers at Visa Tiger Territory, a talk by one of the tiger keepers, a behind-the-scenes tour* and the chance to bid on unique auction items.

In late October, two-year-old siblings, male Jalur and female Cinta relocate to Symbio Wildlife Park south of Sydney as part of the Australasian captive management programme. Their move across the ditch, along with the fundraising breakfast, is part of the Zoo's efforts to help this critically endangered big cat.

Profits from the breakfast will go to the Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund, which supports local and international conservation projects, including 21st Century Tiger, who work to protect the Sumatran tiger in Sumatra's Kerinci Seblat National Park, one of the world's most important tiger reserves.
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I have word the cubs are leaving Tuesday 26th or October. They will be hugely missed and I will be taking this opportuinity to say goodbye
 
They left on the 26th October 2010:

Two young Sumatran tigers from Auckland Zoo fly out to Australia this afternoon as part of an international conservation breeding programme to assist this critically endangered big cat.

Two-year-old male Jalur and his female sibling Cinta, who along with their brother Berani became the first tigers ever to be bred at Auckland Zoo when born in June 2008, will now call Symbio Wildife Park, south of Sydney, home.

Jalur and Cinta will travel in the hold of a Boeing 763. Their keeper, Sandra Rice, who has played a key role in crate training the cats to prepare them for their journey, will settle them in for their flight and travel on the same aircraft with them. The two siblings will be quarantined at Mogo Zoo for 30 days before their move to Symbio Wildlife Park.

"It's tough seeing these gorgeous cats leave us – they're both great natured animals, and we, along with all those Zoo visitors who have followed them closely growing up, are really going to miss them. However, the bigger picture of these tigers being able to, in time, go on to breed, and continue to progress their role as advocates for tigers in the wild, is what our efforts are all about," says Sandra Rice. "It's hugely satisfying to have reached this milestone."

Jalur and Cinta are the offspring of first-time parents, female Molek' and male Oz – who has contributed a valuable new bloodline to the Australasian region. Worldwide, there are fewer than 160 Sumatran tigers in zoos and less than 400 remaining in the wild.
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Anyone know if Oz & Molek will breed again and will they keep Berani?
They are beautiful animals and were a highlight of my visit last January.

The kiwi were too but then I got to see a wild one :)
 
Last I heard was that they had taken advice from the studbook keeper and wouldn't be breeding from Molek and Oz again due to Molek's over representation within Australasia. Would guess that the plan is now to wait for the studbook to assign a new mate for Oz (wheather she would go to Auckland or Oz would go out to her, would probably depend on new home/s being found for Molek and Berani) Until then Auckland will most likely continue to house, a for now, non breeding 2:1
 
Nisha said:
Last I heard was that they had taken advice from the studbook keeper and wouldn't be breeding from Molek and Oz again due to Molek's over representation within Australasia. Would guess that the plan is now to wait for the studbook to assign a new mate for Oz (wheather she would go to Auckland or Oz would go out to her, would probably depend on new home/s being found for Molek and Berani) Until then Auckland will most likely continue to house, a for now, non breeding 2:1
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Is it possible for one of the three tigers imported from Indonesia to Australia Zoo (argulably the most important genetics outside Indonesia) are old enough to breed and one could be bred with Oz?
 
UrMumzAGoat said:
Is it possible for one of the three tigers imported from Indonesia to Australia Zoo (argulably the most important genetics outside Indonesia) are old enough to breed and one could be bred with Oz?
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That idea is perfectly feesable. Just depends on wheather Australia Zoo would co-operate and let Auckland have one of them or Auckland would be willing to let Oz go to Queensland.

There could also be issues with intergrating Oz due to the fact that all three of the Indonesian bred cubs they have been handreared since birth. With them being handreared the chances of them rearing their own litters are also significantly slimmer than a parent reared Tiger
 
Nisha said:
That idea is perfectly feesable. Just depends on wheather Australia Zoo would co-operate and let Auckland have one of them or Auckland would be willing to let Oz go to Queensland.

There could also be issues with intergrating Oz due to the fact that all three of the Indonesian bred cubs they have been handreared since birth. With them being handreared the chances of them rearing their own litters are also significantly slimmer than a parent reared Tiger
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I believe Sumatrans are alot harder to breed with if handraised compared to Bengals, that's atleast the idea I got from talking to a couple of tiger keepers recently.
 
UrMumzAGoat said:
Is it possible for one of the three tigers imported from Indonesia to Australia Zoo (argulably the most important genetics outside Indonesia) are old enough to breed and one could be bred with Oz?
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I think it's a fantastic idea becasue Oz is also from outside the region. I personally believe that Oz should have been bred with Soroya instead of Larry (already a well established bloodline) but I'm sure there's a good reason I am not aware of.
 
Axl said:
I think it's a fantastic idea becasue Oz is also from outside the region. I personally believe that Oz should have been bred with Soroya instead of Larry (already a well established bloodline) but I'm sure there's a good reason I am not aware of.
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Soroya was also born in Europe (Berlin Tierpark, 2002) so there may be some relation
 
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