Saigon Zoo tiger gives birth to five cubs
(VOV) - Five tiger cubs were born to a 10-year-old Indochinese tigress at the Saigon Zoo in District 1 last month after a 104 day pregnancy.
This is a rare case because a tigress normally gives birth to 2 to three or four cubs, said Phan Viet Lam, director of the zoo.
Zookeepers separated two weakest cubs from their mother to save them, as the mother only retains the strongest ones.
All the cubs are in good health condition, according to the director.
Another Indochinese tigress raised at the Saigon Zoo is pregnant and expected to go into labour in a couple of weeks.
The Indochinese tiger is a tiger subspecies living in Southeast Asia. This species is categorised as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).