{"id":560279,"date":"2026-03-25T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560279\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:26:10","slug":"watch-why-this-family-of-tiger-cubs-has-conservationists-excited-videoclip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560279\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH \u2014 Why this family of tiger cubs has conservationists excited | videoclip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n          Published 2026-03-25 06:00\n        <\/p>\n<p>                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-img author-img-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3_3.png\" alt=\"Manny Brennan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-img author-img-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Marielle_200x200.png\" alt=\"Marielle Torrefranca\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        First known time a tiger gives birth to 5 cubs in China<\/p>\n<p>Not all of us want to run into five tiger siblings in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>But this particular sighting could be a very good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, a camera filmed a tiger family with five cubs walking through Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, near the Chinese-Russian border.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time a tiger is known to have given birth to that many cubs in the wild in China.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, tigers give birth to one to four cubs at once, said Rinjan Shrestha, the lead specialist on Asian big cats for the World Wildlife Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers are endangered. There are only about 70 of them living in the wild in China.<\/p>\n<p>So a litter of five cubs is \u201cexceptional,\u201d Shrestha said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to learn more about why this is a win for tiger conservation. \u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Check out these other videos:<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\ufeffHave more questions? \ufeffWant to tell us how we&#8217;re doing? Use the \u201csend us feedback\u201d link below. \u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>TOP IMAGE CREDIT: WWF-Nepal, with graphic design by Philip Street\/CBC<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/kidsnews\/content\/static_images\/buttons\/btn-icon-print.svg\" alt=\"Print page\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Print Story<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/btn-google-classroom.png\" alt=\"Google classroom\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Share to Google Classroom<\/p>\n<p>              About the Contributor<\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3_3.png\" alt=\"Manny Brennan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Manny Brennan<\/p>\n<p>CBC Kids News Contributor<\/p>\n<p>\n                Manny is a Grade 9 student from East Hants, Nova Scotia, with a strong passion for the environment and an interest in the arts.\n              <\/p>\n<p>  Was this story worth reading?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published 2026-03-25 06:00 First known time a tiger gives birth to 5 cubs in China Not all of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-560279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}