{"id":54502,"date":"2025-08-09T07:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/54502\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:33:07","slug":"new-tiger-could-boost-endangered-species-breeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/54502\/","title":{"rendered":"New tiger could boost endangered species breeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">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<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The zoo said the exchange with Ireland was part of the European breeding programme for endangered animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It said every pairing was &#8220;carefully planned to maximise genetic diversity&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Over the next six to 12 months, conservation experts would identify a genetically compatible younger female tiger to join him at Paignton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;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,&#8221; Ms Britton said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The International Union for Conservation of Nature said Sumatran tigers were critically endangered, and have held the status&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-54502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}