Cameron Park Zoo is proud to announce the birth of two Sumatran tiger cubs, one female and one male. This was the first pregnancy and birth for Maharani, the mother tiger, and unfortunately she rejected the cubs immediately after their births. Zoo staff members were standing by and were able to take over the care of the cubs, which are now being hand-reared in the zoo’s veterinary facility.

Zoo staff will try and put the cubs out at 2pm each day. The temperature must be 55 degrees or higher for the cubs to go out. Even if the temperature is high enough, please check with the ticket booth around 2pm to see if the cubs have gone out, because some days the adults will not shift off of the exhibit.

The cubs made their public debut Friday October 28, 2011 at 2:00 pm in the tiger exhibit yard. The cubs had a trial run of their exhibit Thursday, October 27, 2011 and their keeper along with zoo management felt that they could safely negotiate the tiger yard under the supervision of their keepers.