Fifth endangered Bengal tiger born in Cuban zoo

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Another rare Bengal tiger cub was born at Cuba's National Zoo in Havana, zookeepers said on Friday, just over a year after four of the striped and adorable baby beasts - amongst them a rare white tiger - graced the grounds.

All the cubs were born to Fiona and her mate, Garfield.Sadly, the new cub is the sole survivor of a litter of four born two weeks ago, as his siblings suffered from severe neurological problems and perished.

"The birth of the cub was a joy. It was so small and we have been feeding it milk and caring for it in other ways," 21-year-old Maria Karla Gutierrez, one of its care givers, said as she cuddled the small cat. Three of the world's nine tiger sub-species became extinct last century, and many scientists believe a fourth, the South China tiger, is already functionally extinct.

 

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