Aasha and Smuggler https://tigersinamerica.org Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:49:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://tigersinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Aasha and Smuggler https://tigersinamerica.org 32 32 Harmony https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/harmony/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:40:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=2012 Now Aasha and Smuggler live together in (mostly) harmony. If there is a discussion, Aasha wins.

]]> Copycat https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/copycat-1/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:30:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=2008 Aasha learned to be a copycat.

]]> Stare-Down https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/stare-down/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:20:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=2006 There were stare-downs during the supervised play dates.

]]> Discussions https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/discussions/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:10:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=2003 There were discussions during the supervised play dates.

]]> Play Date https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/play-date/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=2001 Then came a series of supervised play dates.

]]> Curious Smuggler https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/curious-smuggler/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:50:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1999 Smuggler was curious and friendly.

]]> Introducing Aasha and Smuggler https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/introducing-aasha-and-smuggler/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:40:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1997 Read more]]> Smuggler was a little over a year old when Aasha arrived. His gentle temperament made him a candidate for living with Aasha. Tigers are often more content if they have company in captivity, but the process of finding the right companion is time-consuming and the keepers must be very watchful, observing all behaviors and any potential for conflict. First the two tigers were introduced in adjoining enclosures (but no room for a paw to go through).

Aasha was quite a bit smaller but totally fearless.

]]> Smuggler https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/smuggler-2/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:30:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1995 Read more]]> Smuggler was rescued by US Border Patrol Agents near Laredo, Texas when alleged smugglers attempted to bring him into the country illegally. He was confined to a wire dog crate so small that he couldn’t turn around. And quite naturally, he was named Smuggler.

He had been recently declawed, and at 4 months old was 20 pounds underweight—just over half the weight he should have been. A veterinarian in Laredo kept Smuggler for 10 days to build him up. When the cub was was given a clean bill of health, the vet drove him to In-Sync. After being at In-Sync a month, keepers discovered bone fragments protruding from the early declaw. X-rays at In-Sync’s vet indicated that the declaw procedure had been done by pliers breaking the first joint of every toe and pulling the claw from the toe. Surgery was required to repair the bones and give him relief. Here, he plays in the water after being at In-Sync several months.

]]> Aasha Getting Better https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/aasha-getting-better/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:20:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1993 Getting better and playing in the “big tiger” pool.

]]> Aasha’s First Bone https://tigersinamerica.org/2011/03/25/aashas-first-bone/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:10:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1991 Already a little peach-fuzz growing in.

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