Vandalur zoo
The birth marks the first successful cross breeding of the two species of tigers in the city zoo at Chennai, and officials say, is the first time such a procedure has been carried out in the country .
The move was also aimed at preventing inbreeding among white tigers.
Part-Bengal, part-white tiger cubs
Vandalur zoo officials who have been on tenterhooks for a
year-and-a-half, were all pleased as three cubs were born to nine-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Vijay, and his
companion Akansha, a three-year-old white tigress, a few days ago.
The birth marks the first successful cross breeding of the two species of tigers in the city zoo at Chennai, and officials say, is the first time such a procedure has been carried out in the country .
The move was also aimed at preventing inbreeding among white tigers.
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