Baby White Tigers

I wish I remembered more about them, but, I will share what comes to mind.




All four of them were easy to tell apart. One had very distinct black stripes on it's white body. Another's stripes were barely visible. The other two were in between in color.



When I first met them they were in a sectioned off part of the park where the most pedestrian traffic was. It was a rather large fenced off grassy area. There were always keepers in with them and would play with them when the babies wanted to. Before they were moved, they could get quite rough.



They were perpetual motion running for all they were worth from one fence to the other. Then, all of a sudden, they would just drop in their tracks and fall sound asleep.



Later, they were moved to the baby animal nursery where they had a shallow pool to play in. Two of them loved it and were in it a lot of the time. One would have nothing to do with it. The fourth could take it or leave it. Did you know that tigers like water? I, also, have a picture of a grown one swimming in the moat at their display. The keepers were always with them here, too. This is where I got my best pictures of them. Once I can, I will share some of them here.



It was not long before they were too big for any of the keepers to be in the display with them.



Finally, they were moved to the adult compound. They traded days on display with the rest of the tigers.



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