The zoo's eight-week-old tiger cubs were presented to the public as part of a press event on Thursday morning. The two animals were born on April 13, but because they and their mother needed the most complete peace and quiet in the first weeks, only staff members of the city park institution have been able to see them so far, the statement reads.



As they write, during the event, zookeepers separated the animals from their mother for a few minutes and briefly held both tiger cubs. Veterinarians performed a quick examination to assess their condition and health.

Zoo staff are asking for the public's help in naming the animals. In the coming days, names will be suggested on related social media platforms, and the best ones will be selected and put to a vote.

The tigers will receive the names that receive the most votes, and will be registered in the international tiger registry under that name, the press summary reads.

According to this briefing, Agnes, the four-year-old mother, arrived from a zoo in the Czech Republic, and Dariusz, the eight-year-old father, was born at Debrecen Zoo. These are their first cubs.

The tigers on display at the Budapest Zoo all belong to the subspecies known as the Siberian or Amur tiger. A total of 277 individuals of this subspecies are kept in 121 European zoos.

The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) has established an international breeding program for the coordinated reproduction of tigers, which are becoming rare in the wild, for conservation purposes. The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden is also a part of this breeding program.

The public has been able to see tigers in the Hungarian capital's zoo since 1868, and the first Siberian tigers arrived in 1937. Tigers were first successfully bred in Budapest in 1880, and cubs have been born several times since then. Before the birth of the current ones, the last time there were tiger cubs in the zoo was in 2013, the press statement says.
 

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