(12 Jun 2025)
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Budapest, Hungary – 12 June 2025
1. Wide of zoo staff carrying one of the tiger cubs to scales
2. Mid of tiger cub being weighed
3. Various of zoo staff and veterinarians examining the tiger cubs
4. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Endre Sós, director and chief veterinarian of Budapest Zoo:
"So far we have not touched them. But they are now eight weeks old and it’s time for them to receive their first vaccines. It is clear that this is already a challenge, because we’re dealing with real tigers, animals which are around 8-9 kilos, and they are not at all happy to be in our arms.”
5. Wide of Sós implanting an identification chip into one of the tiger cubs
6. Mid of keeper holding tiger cub
7. Wide of Sós vaccinating one of the animals
8. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Endre Sós, director and chief veterinarian of Budapest Zoo:
"The animals have received a combined vaccine that protects them against four types of feline diseases. This is the same kind of vaccine given to domestic cats as the same diseases can also make tigers sick.”
9. Various of zoo staff giving oral drops to one of the tiger cubs
10. Mid of Sós with a tiger cub
11. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Endre Sós, director and chief veterinarian of Budapest Zoo:
"The two animals behaved differently. The boy was pretty calm during the procedure, and it seems that the girl is less calm. She was more combative, but this is completely normal. We have to be extra careful not to get injured. However, they are still small and don’t really know what their claws are for, but they’re strong enough to warn us where to stop and not keep going.”
12. Mid of zoo staff giving oral drops to one of the tiger cubs, cub swatting with paw
13. Various of the examination
14. Various of zoo staff holding the two tiger cubs
13. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Zoltán Hanga, spokesperson of the Budapest Zoo:
"Here at the Budapest Zoo we breed Siberian or Amur tigers. But it is true that other types of tigers are also seeing their natural habitat be depleted. They are rare species, and zoos can help in the conservation efforts. Zoos have a fairly well-established way to breed them, and every little tiger cub born contributes to saving the species.”
14. Wide of one of the tiger cubs climbing on the mother
15. Wide of the tiger cubs
16. Wide of the mother tiger approaching the glass of her enclosure
17. Wide of the mother tiger and the cubs walking away
STORYLINE:
Budapest Zoo marked a special milestone on Thursday as a pair of tiger cubs born two months ago received their first medical check-up.
As part of a wider conservation effort to protect one of the world’s most endangered big cats, the young tigers are already playing a vital role.
For the first time since their birth, the Budapest Zoo’s two Siberian tiger cubs were briefly separated from their mother— a necessary step to ensure their health and future.
Zoo staff administered the cubs’ first vaccinations, implanted identification chips, determined their sex, and measured their weight — all part of standard early care.
The cubs’ birth marks a major success for the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria’s Tiger Breeding Program.
The cubs, one male and one female, are not named yet.
Budapest Zoo will launch an online vote for the public to choose their names.
Their parents, Agnes and Darius, were brought to Budapest last year specifically for breeding.
Agnes was born in the Czech Republic, while Darius came from Debrecen, Hungary.
Only essential zoo staff and specialized keepers were allowed near them.
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