Newborn tiger cub being hand-reared at hospital

One of the four remaining Bengal tiger cubs born to tigress Aditi was admitted to the hospital in the early hours of Saturday and is now being hand-reared, with its condition “stable”, the Delhi Zoo said on Sunday.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

The remaining three cubs are with the mother and are feeding regularly. Two of the six cubs born to seven-year-old Aditi on August 4 died last week, so the zoo is making all efforts to protect the remaining four cubs, officials said.

The female cub was shifted to the hospital on Saturday at 12.10 am after it had not consumed milk for more than 12 hours, zoo officials said. The cub had become weak but has been stabilised by being fed a special milk formula for cats, which also contains vitamin supplements.