Agartala, May 20 -- A tigress gave birth to three healthy tiger cubs in Sepahijala Zoological Park in Tripura's Sepahijala district a week ago, the first time in the history of the zoo since 1972, wildlife officials said here on Tuesday.
Despite several attempts in the past, the authority was not successful, but the tigress that was introduced to the zoo just last year under an animal exchange programme delivered the cubs inside the zoo on May 11 last.
Director of Sepahijala Zoo Biswajit Das said from 2015 to early 2024, the zoo had no tigers in its enclosures. When a pair of Royal Bengal Tigers-a male and a female-arrived from a West Bengal zoo as part of a strategic exchange programme in February 2024, authorities relaunched the tiger b...