SIBERIAN TIGERS - ENVIRONMENT
News:
Siberian Tigers’ journey
from Cyprus to Darjeeling ends India’s 12-year drought
What's
in the news?
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Indian zoos’ long wait for Siberian Tigers
ended after two big cats brought from Cyprus as part of an exchange programme
will find a home at Darjeeling’s Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park.
Siberian
Tigers:
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Siberian tigers, also known as Amur tigers.
Scientific
Name: Panthera tigris altaica
Habitat:
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They inhibit the cold-climate forests of the Primorye and Khabarovsk territories of
far-eastern Russia as well as northeastern China.
IUCN
Conservation Status: Endangered
Go
back to basics:
Padmaja
Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZ):
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Established in 1958, the Padmaja Naidu
Himalayan Zoological Park is the largest high-altitude zoo in the country.
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Location:
District Darjeeling, West Bengal
Conservation
projects:
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It has been successful in the conservation
breeding of Red Pandas, Snow Leopards and Blue Sheep.