Dudley Zoological Gardens Dudley's new tiger question.

Brum said:
I'm trying to persuade him to lend me the photo's, it's not just Dudley either. He has the 2 gorilla species, polar & brown bears from Chester, Bristols cat terraces, assorted Twycross & Blackpool shots & hundreds more! :D
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Keep working on him! I live seeing old photos. :)
 
How did the two tigers now at Dudley come to be mixed - were they hand-reared?

Is the Amur female viewed as therefore behaviourally less useful to a breeding programme, or possible is she also genetically not so valuable? I ask this as I would assume there would be some difficulty in sourcing female Amur tigers for Whipsnade's male, if indeed he is the same animal that gained a reputation for mate killing.
 
Yes they were hand reared together at Wuppertal, and in my opinion look great together, but sadly this situation cannot go on forever.
I hope that the male at Whipsnade is not a killer as Tschuna is a real beauty.
 
Am I right in saying that the Whipsnade male actually died? And that his sister is the only tiger still at the park?? I am also very sure in that he did kill both of his parents.

I did visit the zoo in February, and they only house one tiger, and it was a female, I always thought that they were sourcing a new male too? As Tschuna probably wont be breeding for at least another couple of years, I thought they would either wait for the old Whipsnade girl to die then replace her with Tschuna, or put the two together and wait for the old girl to die then get a male. This would be the reason why a male has probably not been sourced hence the overall delay hence this situation with her at Dudley?
 
Riziki said:
Am I right in saying that the Whipsnade male actually died? And that his sister is the only tiger still at the park?? I am also very sure in that he did kill both of his parents.

I did visit the zoo in February, and they only house one tiger, and it was a female, I always thought that they were sourcing a new male too? As Tschuna probably wont be breeding for at least another couple of years, I thought they would either wait for the old Whipsnade girl to die then replace her with Tschuna, or put the two together and wait for the old girl to die then get a male. This would be the reason why a male has probably not been sourced hence the overall delay hence this situation with her at Dudley?
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The male at Whipsnade died in October 2011, Whipsnade currently only hold one female; Anastasia. I believe Boris the father of the pair died naturally and the mother Vanda was killed.
 
Riziki said:
Am I right in saying that the Whipsnade male actually died? And that his sister is the only tiger still at the park?? I am also very sure in that he did kill both of his parents.

I did visit the zoo in February, and they only house one tiger, and it was a female, I always thought that they were sourcing a new male too? As Tschuna probably wont be breeding for at least another couple of years, I thought they would either wait for the old Whipsnade girl to die then replace her with Tschuna, or put the two together and wait for the old girl to die then get a male. This would be the reason why a male has probably not been sourced hence the overall delay hence this situation with her at Dudley?
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I dont mind if the delay lasts forever as Tschuna is a real star, shame Dudley arn't allowed to house her somewhere else in the zoo and get a male for her.
 
Not sure what good it would do for the zoo to have two tiger species, I know some places do it, but most visitors would probably prefer diversity.
 
Devi said:
Not sure what good it would do for the zoo to have two tiger species, I know some places do it, but most visitors would probably prefer diversity.
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Whilst Dudley is probably keeping two sub-species for the convenience of the "zoo community" I think it's perfectly valid to keep two sub-species of an animal if used to explain what sub-species are and how the ones on display differ from each other (basically as part of the educational purpose of zoos).
 
Shorts said:
Whilst Dudley is probably keeping two sub-species for the convenience of the "zoo community" I think it's perfectly valid to keep two sub-species of an animal if used to explain what sub-species are and how the ones on display differ from each other (basically as part of the educational purpose of zoos).
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And that is exactly what Dudley are doing, I hope they keep Tschuna for as long as possible.
 
Interesting keeping the sub-species together - would make an interesting comparison size wise! Are they male and female, hence why one needs to move?
 
Davef68 said:
Interesting keeping the sub-species together - would make an interesting comparison size wise! Are they male and female, hence why one needs to move?
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Both female, and raised together.
 
Davef68 said:
Interesting keeping the sub-species together - would make an interesting comparison size wise! Are they male and female, hence why one needs to move?
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They do look great together, Tschuna the Siberian/Amur is so much bigger, but Daseep the Sumartran is the boss.
 
chizlit said:
Have you seen them?
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Yes, and found it very interesting to spot the differences, but eventually when a male arrives they will need to be separated and I really can't see the average zoo visitor being bothered by two separate tiger enclosures.
 
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