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OVERVIEW
Discover the greatest Tiger Zoo in the
entire world. From the moment you stepped
in, you can feel the natural atmosphere
and watch hundred of tigers in our tiger
playground, which will entertain you and
your family. Hold the baby tiger in your
arms, feeding milk and take a memorable
picture. Make some new friends as you pet
and feed camels, deers, wallabies, elephants,
peruvian guinea pigs, ostriches and especially
the baby tigers which were born in the zoo.
Happy family - the friendship between tiger,
pig and dog and see how they can live together
peacefully. In our well-kept, beautifully
landscaped gardens, you can quietly stroll
among flower beds, enjoying the profuse
colours and fragrance of millions of flowers,
as well as the well-trained chimpanzees
and elephants in the natural surroundings.
You can easily spend a whole day in our
gardens. Once you get hungry, there are
excellent restaurants to choose from, with
fresh seafood, Chinese, European, Thai and
authentic Korean cuisine on offer.
Company Background
Sriracha Tiger Zoo is opened for tourists
on April 23, 1997. It is situated at no.
341 Moo 3, Nongkham Sub-district, Sriracha
District, Chonburi Province, with the area
of more than 100 acres. The zoo consists
of more than 200 Bengal tigers and 100,000
crocodiles. In addition to various kinds
of animals, it also provides many activities
for tourists to enjoy. Visitors can experience
natural touch and enjoy the company of tamed
animals closely.
Company Objective
To conserve wildlife species that are closed
to extinction for future generation, such
as tiger and some wildlife species.
To build consciousness for the society to
reserve nature and environment, especially
among the youth to care and concern for
wildlife animals and take part in preserving
activities.
To breed wild animals which are specified
by Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
( CITES ) that they can be exported.
To response to the 8th national economy
development plan and social by developing
quality of life and educating the society
on wildlife knowledge.
Show
"Amazing Circus" At the
amazing Circus, you will be amused by tiger
shows: jumping through fire loops, walking
on a rope and many other shows. In addition,
there are bear and chimpanzee shows. The
circus can have more than 1,500 visitors
per show.
"Crocodiles Show" We are
the first and only place presenting crocodile
lady fighters, wrestle the crocodiles with
barehand. Seven shows are available daily.
"The Bear Show" Tourists
will be impressed by the intelligence of
chimpanzee and bear. You are entertained
with these animals playing ball, dancing
and riding a bicycle.
"Elephant Show" Enjoy watching
our elephants massaging, dancing, fashion
show and playing basketball. You will definitely
impress by thier intelligence.
Tiger Education Center
This place consists of nursery, photo taking
with tiger cubs corner, tigers with African
people and tiger education room.
"Nursery"Visitors will
meet with sow feeding tiger cubs in this
room, which is an experiment at Sriracha
Tiger Zoo. The sow will feed the newly born
cubs after feeding by their own mother for
seven days. From the experiment, it is found
that the cubs grow 20-25 percent faster
then usual when feeding by the sow.
"Photo taking with tiger cubs"
Experience a rare chance of carrying and
feeding tiger cubs in your arm and add this
memorable picture to your album.
"Tiger education room"
Exhibit valuable information on tiger's
development, species, behavior and a lot
more.
Learning about tiger
Tiger is found on earth for more than 2
millions years ago. In the earliest era,
tiger has long fang which is called smilodon.
Smilodon is the origin of various kinds
of tiger today. They are put into 4 categories.
1.1 Panthera: Big size tiger that roar,
such as lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar.
1.2 Felis: Small size tiger, such as cat,
leopard cat, jungle cat.
1.3 Neofelis: Medium size tiger that cannot
roar, and there is only one kind, which
is clouded leopard.
1.4 Arsinarnics: Species that cannot keep
its claw, and the only species is cheetah,
which is the fastest animal on earth.
Tiger
Majority of tigers has similar size and
hair color. There are some differences that
can be categorized into 8 kinds of subspecies.
(IUCN, 1994)
1. Bali tiger * (Panthera tigris balica)
2. Caspian tiger * (Panthera tigris virgata)
3. Indo-Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti)
4. Javan tiger * (Panthera tigris sondaica)
5. Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
6. Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
7. South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis)
8. Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
There are 8 species of tiger, but 3 species
have extinct, they are Bali tiger, Caspian
tiger and Javan tiger. These tigers are
distinguished by size, color and body pattern.
The biggest one is Sumatran tiger and the
smallest one is Bali tiger. Tigers that
live in the north have lighter hair color
than those in the south. For example, Siberian
tiger has the lightest hair color, while
Bali tiger has the darkest color.
Each subspecies has different stripe and
pattern. For example, South China tiger
has fewest stripes, while Siberian tiger
and Indo-Chinese tiger have the most stripes.
Bali tiger, Javan tiger and Sumatran tiger
live on island and have the most stripes.
Furthermore, some species of tigers have
longer hair with different pattern on the
body and head size.
At present, Bali tiger, Caspian tiger and
Javan tiger have been extinct. Tigers found
in Thailand are Indo-Chinese tiger.
Tigers found at Sriracha Tiger Zoo are Royal
Bengal tigers. We started breeding tiger
since 1989 and are the largest tiger zoo
in the world.
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