Birth of tiger cub trio in Adelaide a 'significant moment' in conservation
Three tiger cubs have made their anticipated arrival at Adelaide Zoo.
The tigers are the first ever critically-endangered Sumatran Tiger cubs to be born at the zoo.
Zoos SA chief executive Elaine Bensted said the births mark a "significant moment" in conservation as the species has less than 400 surviving adults remain in the wild.
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Three tiger cubs have made their anticipated arrival at Adelaide Zoo. Supplied
"Delilah and Kembali's cubs are vital to ensuring strong genetics in the breeding program and indeed the future of the species," Bensted said.
"With unsustainable plantations and humans encroaching on the tiger's habitat in Sumatra the situation is looking pretty bleak for this, the smallest tiger species."
Delilah and her cubs will remain inside the cubbing den for at least the next few weeks.
Keepers will not determine the sex of the little cubs until their first health check at approximately two to four weeks old.
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