Tigress 'Sheela' gives birth to 3 cubs in Siliguri's Bengal Safari park

Tigress 'Sheela' gave birth to three cubs in Siliguri's Bengal Safari park on Wednesday, a forest official said. The father of the three cubs, 'Bivan', has been kept in a separate enclosure, he said. Sheela had three years back given birth to three cubs, one of which had died later in that year..

Tigress 'Sheela' gave birth to three cubs in Siliguri's Bengal Safari park on Wednesday, a forest official said. The births took the count of big cats in the open-air zoo to seven, he said.

The cubs were born in the tiger enclosure around 7 am and they are doing fine, the official said. Veterinary doctors have stated Sheela is in "perfect health condition", he said.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the park has been closed for visitors for over four-and-half months, leaving the animals undisturbed, the official said. The father of the three cubs, 'Bivan', has been kept in a separate enclosure, he said.

Sheela had three years back given birth to three cubs, one of which had died later in that year..