Chinese tiger gives birth to record six cubs at breeding center
18:41, 3 June 2009
MOSCOW. June 3. KAZINFORM A Manchurian tiger, kept in the world's largest tiger breeding center in the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang, has given birth to six cubs, Xinhua said on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
This is the largest litter in the history of the center, which was established in 1986 as an effort to save the endangered big cats. About 800 tigers have since been born and brought up in the center; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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