Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan visits and encourages staff of the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens to take care of a Bengal tiger cub. Photo: qdnd.vn

PANO – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has praised the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens for successfully breeding three healthy Bengal tiger cubs for the first time.

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The successful breeding and nurturing of the rare white Bengal tigers affirmed Vietnam’s efforts in protecting and conserving the wildlife species, while resolutely combating the poaching of endangered species.

Thanks to good care, the smallest newborn cub has become the heaviest of the trio.

In 2010, the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens received a Bengal couple from the Elmvale Zoo in Canada.

The number of white tigers worldwide reduced from 100,000 in 1990 to about 3,200 in 2013.

Translated by Pham Huy