A Most Important Event in Issaquah - Bengal Tiger Cubs at the Cougar Mountain Zoo!

Posted by Debbie Leavitt

I wanted to share this important event that some of my favorite family members were involved in.  Larry and Kathy Cragun were invited to see these new (well fairly new) little cubs.  Part of their article is below. 

An event like this doesn’t happen very often in Issaquah or anywhere. Bengal Tigers are very rare and are Endangered. These little guys have an important role to play, they are ambassadors to call attention to people everywhere that we need to protect them or we won’t have them around. This would be tragic. This is ‘Almos, he was born on May 3, 2007 and is a Royal White Bengal Tiger. He is shown with Robyn Barfoot, the zoo’s general curator. Royal White Bengal Tigers in the wild have been sighted only rarely and it is unknown how many there are left. The last capture in the wild was in 1951.

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You really do want to read more.  There are more adorable pictures and their cause is worthy of our support.  Happy reading!

This entry was posted on Monday, July 16th, 2007 at 11:22 am and is filed under Baby Tigers in Issaquah. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “A Most Important Event in Issaquah - Bengal Tiger Cubs at the Cougar Mountain Zoo!”

  1. Ben Comilang says:

    You’ve been busy!! Nice job with all the postings

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