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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

GERMAN SHEPHERDS AND SIBERIAN TIGERS - BEST FRIENDS at a Slovakian animal sanctuary - Siberian tigers are endangered and facing extinction due to hunting in Russia

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Suria the Siberian tiger was bred at the wildlife sanctuary and has grown up alongside Jenny the German shepherd, right
Best friends forever.

  • Suria the Siberian tiger lives at a Slovakian wildlife sanctuary along with her four-month-old cub, Sunny 
  • The two-year-old tiger is close friends with a pack of three German shepherds called Blacky, Hugo and Jenny
  • The animals were all born at the Oasis wildlife sanctuary in Senec, Slovakia run by big cat expert Yveta Irsova
  • According to volunteers, the sanctuary is part of a breeding programme to help save the Siberian Tiger  
  • The oasis opened in 1999 and houses 28 tigers, 23 of which were born there
  • The Siberian tiger is facing extinction because of hunting and a loss of its natural habitat in its native home in far eastern Russia

    • See more delightful images of these animals at play


    According to workers at the wildlife park, the tigers and the dogs are inseparable, despite a believed animosity between cats and dogs
    Play fighting is fun

    Suria the tiger was born in the wildlife reserve in Slovakia some two years ago and grew up alongside the the German shepherds
    They met as babies and became fast friends
     

    Suria, left, and Hugo, right, were introduced to each other soon after they were born some two years ago
    Inseparable friends.
    Suria, the tiger, and Hugo, the dog..The dogs and the tigers enjoy playing with each other and often engage in play fights, but never inflict any damage on each other
    They never hurt each other, no matter how rough the play fights.

    The sanctuary aims to rescue a small population of tigers from extinction and contribute to the genetic pool for the breeding lions


    Yveta and her staff are completely passionate about trying to stop the Siberian tigers from becoming extinct with her breeding programme


    Sunny, the four-month-old cub is already friendly with the dogs and seems highly likely to continue the unusual friendship
    Cute Sunny at four months old.

    Since first being introduced, the dogs and the tigers have been the best of friends much to the delight of visitors

    Suria, right, playfully uses her powerful left paw on one of her canine friends, in what in the wild would have been a killer move
    Tiger Suria having fun with one of her canine friends.


    The unusual friendship has developed at the Oasis wildlife sanctuary in Senec, Slovakia over the past two years 
    Playing chase.  The fun never stops.


     The oasis is run by Yveta Irsova, who also owns the dogs. It opened in 1999 and houses 28 tigers, 23 of which were born there

    Yveta and her staff are completely passionate about trying to stop the Siberian tigers from becoming extinct with her breeding programme


    The dogs and the tigers have no problems socialising with each other because they spent such an amount of time growing up together

    The Siberian tiger is facing extinction because of hunting and a loss of its natural habitat in its native home in far eastern Russia


     The breeding programme hopes to scientifically spread the genetic diversity of the remaining Siberian tigers across the world 

     Workers at the park believe that the dogs and the tigers behave more like siblings rather than rival species 


    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3331936/You-barking-mad-German-shepherds-befriend-Siberian-tigers-Slovakian-wildlife-sanctuary-devoted-breeding-endangered-big-cats.html
     
     
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