A two-year-old Sumatran tigress named Jakarta has recently been transferred from the Athens Zoo to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo as part of an international endangered species conservation program.
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Unfortunately, due to loss of habitat and illegal hunting and trade, the species is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. The wild population is estimated at fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers.
Jakarta will soon be joined by a male tiger for the purposes of species conservation.
Nili Avni Magen, the chief veterinarian of the zoo, said, "The Sumatran tiger was brought to the park as part of a nature conservation program that allows the zoo to contribute to the preservation of rare species. The future of endangered species is not guaranteed and they could become extinct faster than one might think.
"The cooperation between the zoos, on a regional, continental and even global scale, is the basis for the success of population management programs," Magen said, stressing the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo's steadfast commitment to nature conservation.
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