Jae Jae on the move!

ZSL London Zoo's adult male Sumatran tiger 'Jae Jae' has left the collection to move to France at the Europe's biggest big cat sanctuary, Le Parc des Felines. The move has been heavily reported over the past few weeks and took place in the last few days. Le Parc des Felines currently houses Amur, Malayan and Sumatran tiger as well as those dreaded white tigers and 'Jae Jae' is heading over to France to join resident female, Isha. Isha arrived at the collection in 2012 from Taronga making her very genetically important to the European genetic gene pool.

The duo were at the time, one of, if not thee most important pairing in Europe at the time, the pair both arrived in late September 2012. 'Jae Jae' was born on 6th March 2008 at San Francisco Zoo to Leanne and George, whilst 'Melati' was born on 3rd August 2008 at Perth Zoo to Setia and Hari. During their time together at ZSL London Zoo they have produced five cubs, Achilles, Budi, Cinta, Karis and Nakal. All of which have now since moved onto collections in the UK such as Howletts Wild Animal Park and Welsh Mountain Zoo.

ZSL London Zoo's new male, Asim was born on the 5th May 2011 at Frankfurt Zoo to Malea and Iban, he was in a litter of two with his brother, Taru. Asim has been around, having moved to Heidelberg Zoo and then to Ree Park in January 2015. He actually left his home at Heidelberg due to his aggression shown to their female, Tila who was born at Chester Zoo. Asim joined Gasha at Ree Park and successfully bred, having had three litters, although not have been successful. Asim joins ZSL London Zoo to pair with Melati who herself has bred three times, again not all have been successful.

Myself and my fianceé are planning on a visit to ZSL London Zoo in October for my twenty second birthday so hopefully I get to see the new fella in the capital. He is a lovely looking colour and extremely striking with his facial markings and as such, I am really looking forward to seeing him in all his glory!