□ Cao Jie Li Man Correspondent Zhang Jingjing Liu Qing Wentu
On May 14, at the logistics office of Wangcheng Park in Luoyang City, several "grandparents and mothers" were carefully making a "beef cake", which was a fresh and delicious "cake" prepared for the first pair of white tiger dragon and phoenix fetuses.
"A hundred days means that the little white tigers have passed the dangerous period, and if the weather and other conditions permit, it is expected to meet with the public soon." Liu Zhaoyang, vice president of Luoyang Wangcheng Park Zoo, introduced that two small white tigers were born on February 7 this year, just over 100 days, this pair of white tiger dragon and phoenix fetus is the second time the park has successfully bred a white tiger, and it is also the first pair of white tiger dragon and phoenix fetus in Luoyang, which is particularly precious to the zoo. According to reports, the white tiger is a white variant of the Bengal tiger, native to Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and other places. Wild white tigers are now extinct, the existing white tigers have been successfully bred by artificial breeding, and the breeding and reproduction of white tigers are more difficult, and every white tiger in existence is very rare.
Seeing the fresh fresh meat "cake", the two little white tigers looked particularly excited. In order to celebrate the 100 days, the zoo purchased fresh beef tenderloin early, and the "wet nurse" also deliberately learned the noodle shaping technique from the Internet to pinch a lifelike little tiger on the fresh meat cake. As soon as the "cake" was placed in front of the little white tiger, the two little guys pounced impatiently, and in order to eat more beef, the little white tigers also carried out a roar and scramble, quite the style of the king of the forest.
According to Wang Xingzhuo, a senior pastor at Luoyang Wangcheng Park, compared with the Zoo's artificially bred South China tigers, these two small white tigers seem to be more wild, and they often show a fierce side at a young age, especially when feeding, the nature of food protection also shows their forest beast side. Because the mother of the white tiger is not strong in motherhood after giving birth, she is worried about not taking good care of the white tiger baby, so the little white tiger is served as the "tiger father and tiger mother" by the breeder from birth, taking care of their diet and living 24 hours a day. At present, the little white tigers weigh more than 7 kilograms, two meals of milk powder and two meals of meat a day, using fresh beef and other meats. The keeper will also add vitamins, cod liver oil, bone meal and other nutrients to the meat to ensure that the two little white tigers are nutritionally balanced and grow healthily.