Tiger Q&A for Children
- How many sub-species of tiger are there today? Six (Siberian, Bengal, Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan (newly-discovered) and South China)
- What do tigers mainly eat? Meat, Vegetables, grain? Meat, mainly wild deer, pig and cattle.
- What are baby tigers called? Cubs
- Which is the largest type of tiger?A clue is that it lives in Russia? Siberian
- What type of Tigers are Cathay, TigerWoods and Madonna? South China Tigers (Chinese Tigers)
- Where in the world are wild tigers naturally found? Asia
- Do tigers have spots or stripes? Stripes, each tiger’s stripes are different, no two of them have identical stripe patterns (just like human finger prints) so that you can tell them apart.
- How many tigers do we currently have in our rehabilitation program in South Africa? Five
- What are their names? 327, Cathay, Madonna, Tigerwoods and the new born male cub
- How many South China Tigers are alive in the world today? Around 90 (Less than 30 Chinese Tigers still exist in the wild at present and around 60 live in captivity, all in Chinese zoos).