Jukani Wildlife Predator Park – Our “Save The Tigers” Campaign
Aug 29th, 2011 | By Lalakoi | Category: Garden Route News, Mossel Bay Directory, Mossel Bay News, Mossel Bay Things to DoWhite Bengal Tiger Cubs at Jukani Wildlife Predator Park in Mossel Bay Angelo and Mich, two white Bengal tiger cubs, arrived at Jukani Wildlife Predator Park in Mossel Bay during December 2008. Their arrival was the result of a request by a Wildlife breeding facility in the Free State Province to Jukani to assist them in importing four white Bengal tigers from Elmvale Zoo in Canada. Free State Province in SA does not allow the import of exotic species into the Province. Jukani is recognised by the authorities as a bona fide zoological facility and as such able to import animals. The request was agreed to by Jukani with the understanding that 2 tigers would stay at Jukani on loan and any progeny going to the facility in FS Province after the FS facility managed to acquire a permit for two of the four white Bengals to be kept in the FS. White Bengal Tiger Male with Progressive Retinal Atrophy In July 2009 a wildlife veterinarian specialist diagnosed Angelo the white Bengal tiger male with Progressive Retinal Atrophy, a genetic transferable and incurable disease that would leave him permanently blind. As a result of his disease he would need specialist [...]
