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RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 12-16-2017
Tigers of the Dallas Zoo
https://kkuo.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/7/5/38755701/dallas_zoo_tigers.pdf
“Batu” Male Malayan Tiger
Birthdate-place: 6/10/1999 – San Diego Zoo
Arrived at Dallas Zoo: 4/2000
*Well trained and used in photo shoots, TV spots, and demonstrations.
Weight: 170 kg. / 374 lbs.
“Kipling” – Male Sumatran tiger
Birthdate-place: 11/24/2006 – Sacramento Zoo
Arrived at Dallas Zoo: 1/2012
*Favorite toys are big tractor tires and boxes
Weight: 141.5 kg. / 311.3 lbs.
“Java” – Male Sumatran tiger
Birthdate-place: 5/26/1998 - Ocean Journey Aquarium, Denver, CO
Arrived at Dallas Zoo: 3/2011
*Often found in the pools or mud
Weight: 114 kg. / 251 lbs.
“Sasha” – Female Sumatran Tiger
Birthdate-place: 8/4/1993 – San Antonio Zoo
Arrived at Dallas Zoo: 1/1999
*Sasha and Paul opened the Exxon Mobile Tiger Habitat in 1999.
Weight: 96 kg. / 211 lbs.
“Melati” – Female Sumatran Tiger
Birthdate-place: 5/25/2006 – National Zoo, Washington D.C.
Arrived at Dallas Zoo: 7/2009
*Uses entire exhibit, but sometimes hides in bushes watching people!
Weight: 95 kg. / 209 lbs.
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RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 12-16-2017
Dallas Zoo
A new tiger is on the prowl at the Dallas Zoo.
The zoo welcomed a new Sumatran tiger this month, the third tiger to move to the zoo since February.
The zoo filmed Manis, the 11-year-old tiger, as he explored his one-acre habitat last week. Manis — all 283 pounds of him — prowled through bamboo and rolled around, marking his territory and checking out a watering hole.
Manis came to the zoo from the Kansas City Zoo in November. He spent a month in quarantine and has been acclimating in the tiger building, zoo spokeswoman Laurie Holloway said.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2016/01/12/watch-the-dallas-zoos-new-tiger-on-the-prowl
Female Sumatran tiger：
HADIAH: Born Dec. 12, 2006, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Hadiah is everyone’s sweetheart. As a baby, she was hand-reared by zookeepers after being rejected by her mother at birth. Hadiah has remained very interested in people and will chuff (which is tiger for “you make me happy”), mumble and cheek rub towards them.
At 182 pounds, she’s a very playful and inquisitive cat who loves to swim. Oh, and she’s a smarty-pants, too, picking up new training behaviors like they’re nothing. Basically, if you ever had a tiger BFF, you’d want it to be Hadiah. (To spot Hadiah, look for a distinct white birthmark on her right shoulder.)
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http://zoohoo.dallaszoo.com/category/mammals/tigers/
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Richardrli - 12-20-2017
Even though they are captive animals, I'm impressed by how these Sumatran tigers in American zoos are in no way inferior to the largest subspecies of wild jaguars when it comes to weight.
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 12-27-2017
CAT TALES ZOOLOGICAL PARK
Siberian tiger's weight
Malenky was born in the same litter as Koshka on November 24th, 2007. We knew we found the perfect name for her when we came across Malenky, which means 'tiny' in Russian. After all, she's the smallest of the litter at only 300 pounds! Her sweet personality is a perfect mimic of her mother's, making Malenky a staff and student favorite. Though Siberian tigers are solitary creatures, she does love her fair share of attention. Be it from guests, staff and students, or even from her next door neighbor and sister Sestra when Malenky gets her to pay attention.
The birth of Malenky and her siblings was a choice to raise morale in students and staff after the natural losses of many of our older cats. We anticipated only two tiger cubs from Delilah and Sampson, and so when four were born we were in shock! With our expectations doubled, we took in and kept all four tiger cubs and have since seen the joy and fascination on our guests and students faces ever since.
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When we first received Delilah and Sampson, they came from a private sector owner facing eviction, and brought two cubs with them. Juliet, and Romeo. They were three years of age when they were donated to us. And while Juliet took well to the adjustments in her life, Romeo proved not to be a people person as much as his sister. He prefers to live as though he has 'selective hearing,' hearing only what he wanted to and acting aloof all for his own personal protection. Prior to being donated to Cat Tales, Romeo's former owner would use an air pistol to get him to move from the play yard back to the kennel area. This popping sound causes him high stress, to the point of refusing to respond to clicker training. Instead we reinforce his actions with repetition of 'good' and food.
Romeo is not as big as his father or younger brothers, weighing 600 pounds as of maturity, having capped his weight and growth at five years of age. He lives in his own enclosure, and is a healthy, happy boy.
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Koshka was born in November 24, 2007 as one of a litter of four. He and his siblings (Malenky, Sestra, and Tuga) were given Russian names - but while doing research, we came across the word Koshka which translates into 'cat' or 'kitten.' Despite being 650 pounds, he definitely likes to act like a kitten, making him live up to the perfect name. In fact one of his favourite activities is the Big Cat Adventure, where he gets hand fed by guests and gets to show off a bit for them.
He loves water in the summer and snow in the winter. Especially when we build him snowmen that he can knock down and play with. Though most guests come out during the summer, winter is the prime time to see these animals at their best - playing and going wild in the weather that they were instinctively born to love.
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Sampson was born in 1999, and came to live with us at Cat Tales in early 2007. At his prime he weighed around 750 pounds, an enormous weight even for his species, where the males tend to weigh between 400 and 675 pounds. Lifting, and carting him for transport was an adventure for the staff that had come to assist - none of us expected a cat that big! But his size was no sign of poor health. Sampson was, and remains, a healthy big cat who took to growing as a cub with enthusiasm.
He considers himself to be the Big Boss of Cat Tales, being the largest of our animals. This means that even though he loves to make happy, chuffing sounds at his favorite staff members and other cats, Sampson does not like when other male tigers are brought near him or his enclosure. Accommodating him is a small feat to hear his nearly endless chuffing every single day.
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http://www.cattales.org/about-animals-siberian-tiger.html
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 12-31-2017
The Sumatran tiger, who weighs more than 20 stone（127.3 kg）, was sedated and transported to the on-site hospital for treatment by Harley Street dental surgeon Peter Kertesz.
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http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-07/sumatran-tiger-in-recovery-after-dentist-fixes-his-chipped-teeth/
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-02-2018
An 11-year-old male Siberian tiger at Liupanshui zoo was unable to eat because of canine rupture. Its weight was 200kg.
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http://epaper.gywb.cn/gywb/html/2016-07/23/content_477966.htm
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Kingtheropod - 01-02-2018
(01-02-2018, 08:42 AM)Betty Wrote: An 11-year-old male Siberian tiger at Liupanshui zoo was unable to eat because of canine rupture. Its weight was 200kg.
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http://epaper.gywb.cn/gywb/html/2016-07/23/content_477966.htm
Wow 200 kgs, that is pretty good for a tiger that couldn't feed! He looks like he lost quite a bit of weight, probably was at least 227 kg in healthy condition.
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - stoja9 - 01-03-2018
I have a deep distrust of any images coming from a Chinese "zoo" or animal park.
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-07-2018
A large female tiger weighing 200-250 kg was killed.
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-07-2018
(01-03-2018, 07:32 AM)stoja9 Wrote: I have a deep distrust of any images coming from a Chinese "zoo" or animal park.
what do you want to say? What are you doubting?
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - peter - 01-10-2018
(01-07-2018, 12:11 PM)Betty Wrote: A large female tiger weighing 200-250 kg was killed.
Good find. Saw it on Youtube, but didn't get the details.
Would you be able to find out a bit more about this tiger? Was it a wild or captive animal? If wild, where was it killed? How? How many were involved? Did they find out if it was a contract?
Are they sure about the gender? An adult wild tigress in that part of Asia usually ranges between 80-140 kg., but I have reliable information about tigresses exceeding 160 kg. Anything over that mark has to be considered as exceptional.
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-10-2018
(01-10-2018, 12:47 AM)peter Wrote:(01-07-2018, 12:11 PM)Betty Wrote: A large female tiger weighing 200-250 kg was killed.
Good find. Saw it on Youtube, but didn't get the details.
Would you be able to find out a bit more about this tiger? Was it a wild or captive animal? If wild, where was it killed? How? How many were involved? Did they find out if it was a contract?
Are they sure about the gender? An adult wild tigress in that part of Asia usually ranges between 80-140 kg., but I have reliable information about tigresses exceeding 160 kg. Anything over that mark has to be considered as exceptional.
I read a few news about this incident, unfortunately did not provide details.
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-30-2018
Just saw this picture released by Peter.
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RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-30-2018
Bengal tiger discovered locked up in abandoned house in Mexico
Mexican authorities searching an abandoned house were left stunned when they discovered a Bengal tiger locked in a cage. Police officers, who found the endangered animal after a tip-off from a member of the public, say it is a “complete mystery” how the tiger got there.
They were searching a property in the municipality of Chilapa de Alvarez, in the state of Guerrero, when they heard a strange noise. The female tiger was found inside a locked room and police suspect it was illegally owned. Police spokesman Leonidas Bueno Escamilla said the big cat was in a “good condition”.
“She didn't have any food or water to hand, but we don't think she could have been there for long,” he told AFP Indonesia. "The cage was much too small for an animal of this size, it's a complete mystery what the tiger was doing there.”
He added: “If a child or anyone else had wandered near the cage the tiger could easily have grabbed them and then the consequences could have been terrible.”
The animal was taken to a zoo where it is being cared for while police carry out their investigation. The owner of the property told investigators he did not know who had brought the tiger to his house.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/10988402/Bengal-tiger-discovered-locked-up-in-abandoned-house-in-Mexico.html
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http://www.robindesbois.org/wp-content/uploads/ON_THE_TRAIL_6.pdf
RE: Captive Lion and Tiger weights - Betty - 01-30-2018
Two lion suffering from cat distemper, more than two years of age.
Lioness"Guanghan"weight 75kg and Lion "Li Ping", weight 70kg.
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