BANGKOK APRIL, 8 2011 – The 7-year-old mother of Bengal Tiger “Wan Yen” in Chiang Mai Night Safari delivered 4 tiger cubs at 5 AM of 6 May. The mother was very protective, refusing to allow zoo officials to get close. Thus the tiger cubs’ gender remained unidentified. Reportedly, the atmosphere at this time of the year triggered the animal to mate naturally resulting in plenty of newborns in the zoo.
The Night Safari has become the source of best wildlife atmosphere in Chiang Mai. This can be seen from small and large animals in the country as well as animals from other parts of the world being born from natural breeding such as giraffe, zebra, deer, hippopotamus or even tapir which is considered to be an animal with pregnancy difficulty and delivery complex.
Recently, the mother of Bengal Tiger Wan Yen delivered 4 tiger cubs on 6 May, gender remained unidentified as the mother tiger had been very protective, snuggling with its babies all the time, growling at zookeeper not to get near.
According to Chiang Mai Night Safari executive Dr Sarawut Srisakul large numbers of newborns in the zoo are influenced by perfect condition of rich nature in the forest for breeding to be naturally occurred regardless of animal’s origin. This enhanced the development of their relationships; consequently numerous large and small animals are being born which have broken the statistics of more numbers in newborns compared to deaths. The campaign has also been established with the aim to return the animals to their habitat in the North of Thailand, such as barking deers and the animals that can live naturally in the forest.
Currently Chiang Mai Night Safari has 15 bengal tigers, with 4 males, 7 females and 4 cubs of unidentified gender. The Chiangmai Night Safari will open to public to visit these tiger cubs after they are strong enough to be separated from their mother.
