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  Photo: Lyudmila Landau  


 

Welcome!!! You are about to see "stripped" family in Detroit Zoo.

 
  Who bring me there, who made me to drive 5 hours from Chicago in winter time?
It is mother of this family - Sheba. She lived in Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo with daughter Mali where I first met her. She is unusually smart for tiger that grow up in captivity, mischievous, unpredictable and rare mother. She gave me not only great "Kodak" moment, but also a lot of joy in my own bad times.
Sheba left for Detroit in February 2003. Though reason was good (to make cubs), it still was really sad, since I became very attached to her.
I had a chance to pass thru Detroit in December 2002 and meet Bransk, our future “groom” at that time. I had interesting conversation with zoo keeper than.
 
       - How you like our boy?
     - Oh, he is handsome!
     - And what about your girl?
   I felt myself as matchmaker…
 
  I was missing my special Cat very much and only had a dream to visit her and, especially, her cubs.
 
  As you can see some dreams, some time comes true !!!  


see mother see kids (cubs) see father