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Sumatran tiger gives birth to 3 cubs in Indonesia

 
Published on Sep 25, 2012
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Newly born cubs lie with their mother at the Taman Rimba zoo in Jambi. The rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs at an Indonesian zoo, a zoo official said on Sept 25, giving hopes for the survival of the endangered species. -- PHOTO: AFP

JAMBI, Indonesia (AP) - A zoo official says a rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs in western Indonesia.

Mr Arif Makhfud, an official at Taman Rimbo Zoo in Sumatran province of Jambi, says the 9-year-old mother, Uni, delivered the first cub on Sunday morning, followed by the others in the afternoon.

Zoo keepers have not been able to check the sex of the cubs, Mr Makhfud said on Tuesday. Uni was brought to Jambi three years ago along with Peter, a 7-year-old male from Jakarta. She gave birth to a pair of females two years ago.

The number of Sumatran tigers, the world's most critically endangered tiger subspecies, dwindled to about 400 from around 1,000 in the 1970s due to forest destruction and poaching. Few Sumatran tigers have been bred in captivity.
 
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