Bhubaneswar: After almost 10 months, the white tigress Rupa gave birth to three cubs in Nandankanan Zoological Park’s enclosure No 21 on Friday.
According to sources, while one cub is white the other two are normal (red). The number of tigers at Nandankanan Zoo has increased to 28 after the recent birth of the three cubs.
The first cub took birth at 3.25 pm while the other two took birth at 3.33 pm and 5.50 pm respectively. Tigress Rupa was being tracked with four CCTVs installed around the enclosure, informed Nandankanan Zoo’s Deputy Director Sanjeet Kumar.
The zoo officials have also captured visuals of Rupa breastfeeding the three cubs in the enclosure.
Notably, tigress Rupa got pregnant after mating with the Royal Bengal tiger Rajesh. She delivered the cubs after 105 days post-mating. This is the second time that Rupa, aged 4.5 years, achieved motherhood.
Rupa and Rajesh lived in a safari where they mated and for the first time, Rupa got pregnant and delivered three cubs on March 11, 2022.
Rajesh and Rupa took birth from tigress Bijaya and tiger Roshan on September 22, 2018.
Berhampur: A stone weighing 2 kg fell from the ‘Singhadwara Gumuta’ of the Lord Jagannath…
New Delhi: Recent pictures of Space Station Commander Sunita Williams from the International Space Station…
Mumbai: Actress Rupali Ganguly recently filed a Rs 50 crore defamation case against her stepdaughter…
Chennai: Odisha will face Manipur in the semifinals of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men’s…
New Delhi: India will again ask Canada for the extradition of designated Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh…
Berhampur: Police have arrested a man from West Bengal for allegedly claiming himself to be…
Mumbai: Carving a niche for himself in Bollywood was not a cakewalk for ‘The Family…
Mumbai: Mukesh Khanna’s Indian superhero series ‘Shaktimaan’ has been making headlines for quite some time…