Tigers at Cougar Mountain Zoo Get New Habitat
Saturday was a BIG day at Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, WA 98027. Taj and Almos are getting really big now. A new habitat was planned for them a long time ago. After the long wait Saturday was the day.
A special event was planned, the zoo closed early and then reopened again at 3:30 for those invited to participate in Taj and Almos entrance into their new home.
BUT those great BIG tigers (over 400 pounds) were BIG SCAREDY CATS.They wouldn’t go in! In spite of many weeks of attempting and tempting them to go in, they would not! Not even as they watched from below all of us tasty morsels walking around their new home. Robyn Barfoot resorted to Plan B,so as not to disappoint the tigers fans. The NEW tiger cubs, Vitez and Bagheera were bought in and were more than happy to show everybody that they had no fear. Vitez and Bagheera are Bengal tigers, like Almos and Taj, but Bagheera is an Orange and Black Bengal and Taj is a Golden Bengal. Both Almos and Vitez are Royal White Bengals.
It is a treat to be able to have the bigger 2 year old tigers and the new little tigers at the same time. It is a very joyful re-run.
We were allowed to go into the new Tiger home, not just look at it from behind the fences (before any tigers were brought in). How often do you get the chance to do that? A Tiger Pool is spacious and deep with enough water for underwater viewing when the tigers get acclimated to the pool as well as their new home. Tigers love water.
Cupcakes and water were served the guests and each got a stuffed tiger. A silent auction was part of the event, encounters with many different animals being auctioned off. Tiger T shirts and Tiger Foot Prints were for sale.
A video of Taj and Almos’s new home.
View From The Tigers New Home
When Vitez and Bagheera are grown, all the tigers will be together in the new habitat. Soon the new cubs will go into Taj and Almos’s old home. Zoo website http://www.cougarmountainzoo.org/
Vitez, Bagheera, Almos and Taj say, COME VISIT, We won’t eat you!
View From The Tigers New Home
Vitez, Bagheera, Almos and Taj say, COME VISIT, We won’t eat you!
