Binjai - Mother Sumatran Tiger - a photo on Flickriver

            Zoos Victoria is supporting a major conservation initiative in Sumatra, helping to protect a national park area with wild populations of tigers, orang-utans, and elephants. Visitor donations in the Asian Rainforest Make A Difference Pavilion are an important part of this funding.

Binjai is a magnificent 5 yo female Sumatran Tiger, fully grown, weighing 85 Kg (190lb), and the mother of three growing cubs, now  nearly 10 months old at this time (19 Aug 2007).

The 3 Sumatran Tiger cubs, are called  “Isha” (one who protects) for the female and 'Nakal' (naughty or cheeky) for one of the males, and the other male,  'Satu' (meaning number one).
Melbourne Zoo have a wonderful enclosure for the tigers - it is styled very much as Sumatran rainforest, with lots of trees, and even a pond to swim and play in.
Melb Zoo staff are taking part in a proper preservation program for Sumatran wildlife - not just joining an international captive breeding program (although they do, and that is vital given the parlous state of Sumatran tigers in the wild) - they actively buy back land in Sumatra with the intent to rehabilitate the land as a wildlife preserve, to give animals such as the tiger and the Sumatran Orang-utan a chance to flourish again.

Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Taken on: July 8, 2007

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