スミソニアン国立動物園のインスタグラム(smithsonianzoo) - 9月11日 21時38分

This morning, our 9-week-old male Sumatran tiger cub is on his way to the @San Diego Zoo where he will live and thrive with another young male tiger cub. Follow the cub’s journey on today using #TigerStory.
Thanks @southwestair for providing the transportation for Zoo staff and the cub on the non-stop flight.
Since Aug. 2, the Zoo’s Great Cats team had been providing support to the tiger cub through supplemental feeding. When he was just 19 days old, his mother Damai began displaying aggressive behaviors toward him whenever he tried to nurse. It quickly became evident to animal care staff that Damai was either not producing enough milk or had stopped production altogether.
Keepers continued to reintroduce Damai and the cub while providing supplemental feedings and she continued to be attentive to his needs, groomed him and socialized with him. However, her behavior changed again Aug. 23, and she became increasingly more aggressive, including growling, barking and biting at him, up to the last introduction conducted Sept. 4. Knowing that the likelihood of a successful reintroduction diminished with each passing day that Damai and her cub did not socialize, the Zoo’s animal care staff made the decision to transfer the cub to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
“My team has mixed emotions right now,” said Craig Saffoe, curator of Great Cats. “As his caretakers, we’ve done everything in our power to help him survive, thrive and socialize with his mother so that he can grow up to be a ‘healthy’ tiger. Now that Damai is no longer displaying the maternal behaviors we once saw, our best option is to pair him with the cub at San Diego Zoo. Having another tiger that is about his age to interact with will be tremendously beneficial to the both of them. They’ll be able to play, wrestle and learn how to be tigers together, which is instrumental to his long-term social development.”
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park received a male tiger cub (genetic lineage unknown) Aug. 23 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found the cub while inspecting a vehicle that was entering the U.S. from Mexico. Due to legal restrictions the cub can't leave CA.

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