Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume 15 | Issue 6
Successful Hand-Rearing of a Maternally Abandoned Bengal Tiger Cub (Panthera tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758) at North Bengal Wild Animals Park, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
Sudeb Sarkar
Nick Doley
Upashna Rai
Ahbishek Chowdhury
Vijayakumar E and Indrani Das
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.06.2025.12
Abstract:
This study documents the management of a maternally abandoned Bengal tiger (Pathera tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758) cub that was rescued under severely distressed conditions, born at North Bengal Wild Animals Park, Siliguri, West Bengal, India. After that, the tiger cub was successfully hand-reared by a team of veterinarians and animal attendants. This practical experience of hand-rearing a tiger cub provides critical insights into veterinary protocols for managing maternally rejected tiger cubs, haemoparasitic infections in neonatal tigers, and successful rehabilitation strategies in zoological environments, contributing valuable knowledge to captive tiger breeding programs and conservation efforts.
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