Bhubaneswar, November 2: The Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) here on Saturday got new guests with white tigress ‘Rupa’ giving birth to four cubs. The zoo authorities said that the four cubs were born to 6-year-old Rupa and melanistic tiger ‘Krishna’.
She gave birth to cubs between 5.43 am and 9.31 am and they are under CCTV surveillance to ensure their health and safety, the authorities said. However, they said it was too early to determine the sex of the tiger cubs. Tigress Meera Gives Birth to Three Cubs in Gwalior’s Gandhi Zoo, Madhya Pradesh; Watch Adorable Video of Tiger Cubs Along With Their Mother.
White Tigress Rupa Gives Birth to 4 Cubs
White tigress Rupa gave birth to 4 cubs at Nandankanan today.
It is the third litter from the tigress, sired by melanistic Krishna.
Rupa is taking care of them independently, and are under continuous CCTV monitoring . The cubs appear to be mix of white & melanistic 💕 pic.twitter.com/IqUgvlQ8MF
— Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) November 2, 2024
At present Nandankanan has 27 tigers including (17) normal coloured tigers, (7) white tigers and (3) melanistic tigers.
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