Staff at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo are keeping close watch over a pair of newborn Amur tigers.
Staff at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo are keeping close watch over a pair of newborn Amur, or Siberian, tigers.
The 2-week-old kittens, according to the zoo "are in seclusion in the Zoo hospital, housed in a 90-degree ambient temperature enclosure, with a base warmed to 85 degrees to sustain the cubs' warmth."
Both are described as a bit underweight and are being monitored around the clock and fed five times a day.
Their outlook is still uncertain, but that they've survived up to the important two-week milestone is rather remarkable.
The mother is 10, an age at which the odds of a successful pregnancy are only 20%. She showed little interest in the newborns, so zoo staff are doing all they can to make sure the little ones thrive.
Amur tigers at large are increasingly rare, with four of the nine subspecies having disappeared completely over the past century.
Updates on the kittens' progress will be provided on the Beardsley Zoo's website and Facebook page.
