Rescued tiger cubs taken to Safari Park
The forest department yesterday took the three tiger cubs, which were rescued from a wildlife smuggler's house at the capital's Shyamoli four months ago, to Dulahazra Safari Park in Cox's Bazar.
The department also suspended 11 officials in connection with smuggling of the baby tigers.
The cubs, now around six months old and weighing about 20kg each, are kept in a cage in the safari park and will be transferred to a large enclosure later. They no longer feed on milk and have switched to meat.
The Bengal tigers will be released in a deep forest when they will be one and a half years old, said a press release of the forest department. The Rapid Action Battalion rescued the cubs on June 11.
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