This morning, “Berani,” a 13 year old Sumatran tiger, was immobilized so that he could receive an examination to evaluate his fertility. Though Berani is the father of N’dari, the zoo’s 6 month old cub presently on display and he also successfully sired an offspring in 2015, previous fertility exams indicated a very low sperm count and many of his previous attempts to sire an offspring have been unsuccessful. The main purpose of this immobilization was to d...
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