bengal tigers still at the zoo » Chester Zoo

bengal tigers still at the zoo
15-08-2008

Hi someone posted that the bengal tigers had left the zoo, but I was there on the 13/8/08 and they are still there they are being kept away from the sumatran tiger. And he was on display in the outdoors exhibt while the 2 bengal tiger where kept indoors on show through the veiwing window, but when they swap over the somtimes keep they sumatran tiger off show.

ps i am a new member and mad about zoos especially chester.

15-08-2008

It can only be a matter of time before they leave now...

Does anyone know where the female Sumatran Tiger is being sourced from?

15-08-2008

Shame as i thought the female had arrived. Hopefullu the Bengals will leave soon.

15-08-2008

I think the biggest problem is find homes for the bengal tigers, because you are not allowed to breed these anymore and tiger cubs are a real crowd puller so most zoo are stocking the amur or Sumatran tigers.

15-08-2008

I thought it had been confirmed (on here) that they would return to West Midlands (where they came from originally) once a female Sumatran arrived.

15-08-2008

The plan was they would return when the zoo got a Sumatran but he`s been here a while now and the Bengals are still here,might have something to do with West Midlands having no space to take them back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15-08-2008

That is also what I believe will be happening. Chester only recieved them to fill the whole when there last Amur Tiger Died.

15-08-2008

Too busy breeding non-pure White Tigers, to care about a couple or Normal coloured tigers.

I must of saw over ten tigers there when I visited, seems such a waste of space!

16-08-2008

I thought on Monday that the zoo had 1.1 Sumatrans, I saw only two tigers which both seemed to be small and darkly coloured. I'm sorry for the mistake.

16-08-2008

But they claim their White Tigers are the purist Bengals in the U.K!!!!!!!!!????????Personally i don`t think any of them are very pure.

16-08-2008

I would be very surprised if any tigers, which ever sub-species are pure. Unless recently acquired.

16-08-2008

It's such a shame, cats really have some decent enclosures in Safari parks, it would be fantastic to get to the point where every one has amurs or sumatrans (or even indo-chinese or Malayan). Perhaps the natural theming for the lions and tigers at WMSP should be a las vegas magic show as opposed to giving the impression these animals are a valid rare wild subspecies.

16-08-2008

Where may I ask? The only decent enclosure I have seen were at Longleat where they are given alot more room than any of the other safari parks I have been too.

Then when its busy you get a queues pumping out not very nice gases at their level.

16-08-2008

traffic aside, I had always percieved woburn and longleat to have sufficient space for large cats. Windsor was also fairly good in this respect. Space is just the start, obviously, but my point is that the safari parks have some great potential that is only starting to be realised since the passing of the clubb-chipperfield days.

16-08-2008

Being a high profile species I'm sure Chester would announce the arrival of a female Sumatran Tiger on their website news etc. Its certainly taking a long time for them to organise one.