Sumatran Tigers in Europe #2

Nisha said:
I checked Zoo Frankfurt's website and got someone who speaks German to translate it. Rasmi is female and Mandala is male
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I have issues with Frankfurt's zoo website (cannot click the pop up window away), so I read it in press reports. You are right that the zoo writes Rasmi as female and Mandala as male. The press writes it the other way around (e.g. Namen für Tiger-Babys im Zoo - ab jetzt sind sie im Gehege zu sehen or Hessen: Zoo Frankfurt: Tiger-Babys Rasmi und Mandala zeigen sich den Besuchern). It makes more sense the way media writes it since Rasmi can be used for males and females but Mandala is a female name.
 
Pongo said:
I have issues with Frankfurt's zoo website (cannot click the pop up window away), so I read it in press reports. You are right that the zoo writes Rasmi as female and Mandala as male. The press writes it the other way around (e.g. Namen für Tiger-Babys im Zoo - ab jetzt sind sie im Gehege zu sehen or Hessen: Zoo Frankfurt: Tiger-Babys Rasmi und Mandala zeigen sich den Besuchern). It makes more sense the way media writes it since Rasmi can be used for males and females but Mandala is a female name.
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Tbh it would make more sense for the media to be incorrect (as can be the case at times). It would be very surprising if the zoo themselves had reported on the cubs names wrong.
 
In the Big Cat Sanctuary female Puna (born in 2004 Heidelberg) passed away. She was the second oldest Sumatran tiger in Europe.

(Instagram)
 
zoofanbelgium said:
In the Big Cat Sanctuary female Puna (born in 2004 Heidelberg) passed away. She was the second oldest Sumatran tiger in Europe.

(Instagram)
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If that is indeed the case, then that would mean Sigli at Lisbon has passed away as I believe Satu at Zoo Brno is still alive currently. It's very hard to contact Lisbon to confirm this.
 
Edinburgh - Reported via tonights AGM that Lucu will be moving to Zoo Bratislava in the near future. A new male will then transfer to Edinburgh for Dharma

Zoo Bratislava are a new holder for Sumatran Tiger's
 
Does anyone know if Kelabu (currently at Shepreth, previously Chessington, along with her late mother Ratna) was ever recommended for breeding? At 17 she is probably too old now, but having lived with her mother her whole life, was she not needed for the breeding programme? Are her genes over represented?
 
Crowthorne said:
Does anyone know if Kelabu (currently at Shepreth, previously Chessington, along with her late mother Ratna) was ever recommended for breeding? At 17 she is probably too old now, but having lived with her mother her whole life, was she not needed for the breeding programme? Are her genes over represented?
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I don't know the definite answer in regards to breeding recommendations, however, her father, the late Batu sired ten cubs (Nine successful) in total with three different females (Including Ratna). The most likely answer is probably her genetic line being overrepresented.

Two of the aforementioned successful cubs, her full siblings were exported to Japan, the other seven all remained in mainland Europe.

  1. Hujan - female, currently at West Midlands Safari Park, never successfully bred.
  2. Kelabu - female, aforementioned, never successfully bred.
  3. Kabus - male, died at Naturezoo Rheine, fathered 4 cubs.
  4. Tebo - male, currently at Zoo Heidelberg, fathered 5 cubs.
  5. Tengah - male, currently at Zoo Wroclaw, fathered 5 cubs.
  6. Sayang - male, currently at Zoo Bassin du Ararachon, fathered 0 cubs.
  7. Geram - male, currently at Rotterdam Zoo, fathered 0 cubs - arrived within the last year.
 
Sabah in Sóstó Zoo killed one of the cubs earlier this year when they were very small. The surviving cub is a male and got the name Harun.
 
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