Keepers at a zoo in Devon hope a newly arrived tiger could father multiple litters to help conserve critically endangered species.<\/p>\n
The three-year-old Sumatran tiger named Dao arrived at Paignton Zoo from Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland last month.<\/p>\n
The zoo said there were fewer than 400 Sumartran tigers remaining in the wild and Dao’s arrival marked “the beginning of an exciting conservation chapter.”<\/p>\n
Lisa Britton, the head of living collections at Paignton Zoo, said the tiger’s young age meant there was “potential to welcome multiple generations of cubs over the coming years”. <\/p>\n
The International Union for Conservation of Nature said Sumatran tigers were critically endangered, and have held the status for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
The zoo said the exchange with Ireland was part of the European breeding programme for endangered animals.<\/p>\n
It said every pairing was “carefully planned to maximise genetic diversity”. <\/p>\n
Over the next six to 12 months, conservation experts would identify a genetically compatible younger female tiger to join him at Paignton.<\/p>\n
“With habitat destruction and poaching continuing to threaten wild populations, visitors can see conservation in action and understand their role in supporting these vital efforts,” Ms Britton said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keepers at a zoo in Devon hope a newly arrived tiger could father multiple litters to help conserve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-55463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}