01-16-2014, 01:09 PM
Namaste will be missed by many, as he was a very socially interactive tiger
Tigers are normally solitary (yet social) animals, unlike lions that live in a group (pride). As Namaste was never going to be within any breeding program (whiter tigers are not within the ES tiger breeding programs), his residence here was mutually beneficial
That is one of the consideration with bringing any endangered animal into Panaewa Zoo, as involving any endangered solitary animal in a breeding program here is much more complicated than many other locations...
more tiger info:
http://www.livescience.com/27441-tigers.html
Tigers are normally solitary (yet social) animals, unlike lions that live in a group (pride). As Namaste was never going to be within any breeding program (whiter tigers are not within the ES tiger breeding programs), his residence here was mutually beneficial
That is one of the consideration with bringing any endangered animal into Panaewa Zoo, as involving any endangered solitary animal in a breeding program here is much more complicated than many other locations...
more tiger info:
http://www.livescience.com/27441-tigers.html