Meet Pt. Defiance Zoo's new tiger cub
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A rare tiger cub made his public debut today at Point Defiance Zoo.
The three-week old Sumatran tiger weighs just 8 pounds.
He had to be taken away from his mom, because she wasn't producing enough milk, and the cub was losing weight.
Zookeepers started bottle feeding the little guy, and now he's thriving.
The Sumatran tiger is critically endangered -- only 300 remain in the wild and about 75 are in North American zoos.
You can vote on the little guy's name in a poll on Pt. Defiance Zoo's website.
My dtr (Sparkly Owl) wants to name her Talley....after her little webkinz Tiger.
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Isn't he just precious! Â I too would love to cuddle him. Â Grow up happy,strong & healthy, little one - in you lies promise for the preservation of your kind. Â
so...cute...can't....resist....
I especially like the ones where he's playing with his stuffed tiger. :)
Name her Kyra or Nasrin.. nasrin means wild rose i love those names for a sweet baby tiger! :-)
Awe.. so so adorable. Â How sweet look at those feet.
name that swe baby TIGERESS ...
How about naming her ZIVA
Love that little tongue .. & look at how big those paws are already!
At my house, these are called 'Kitty Bombs'. My girlfriend goes "OOOH HE'S SO CUTE!" for ten minutes and I spend two weeks being made to feel guilty cuz I'm a dog guy :D
Okay KOMO. You guys totally overloaded my cuteness tank on this alone. ;)
Cuteness overload. :) What a sweet little baby kitty.
Awww!!! I feel like Elmyra! "I just want to love him and squeeze him and never let him go!"
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I'd LOVE to be able to give him a bottle. Super cute!
@Tattooed_Angel Or the Yeti from the WB cartoon....
"I will love him and squeeze him and call him 'George"....
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 @Tattooed_Angel I don't think..... I could let go...... okay maybe once it got bigger! Ha!