Highland Wildlife Park Amur tigers fall in love
Amur tigers Botzman and Dominika appear smitten after they finally met for the first time.
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It seems that love is in the air at a Scottish wildlife park after a pair of rare tigers were introduced for the first time.
Two Amur tigers have been spotted snuggling up and rolling around in the snow as they were caught on camera together for the first time.
Botzman and Dominika were carefully introduced to each other in November at Highland Wildlife Park, in the Cairngorms, but were not brought together until last week.
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) staff watched on as the endangered pair snuggled up in their snowy surroundings.
AMORE tigers
Botzman and Dominika, our Amur tigers, were recently introduced by our expert keepers and it s safe to say, so far they re kitten… oops, we mean smitten
Fingers crossed for the pitter patter of tiny stripy paws in the future. pic.twitter.com/uo9NfGrW0a
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Updated: 18:10, 01 February 2021
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Love is in the air at Highland Wildlife Park after endangered Amur tigers, Botzman and Dominika, were caught on camera together for the first time.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland began carefully introducing the pair in November and, following promising behavioral cues, brought them together last week.
A spokeswoman for the wildlife conservation charity said: We are encouraged by how well the new couple are getting on so far and are hopeful they will have cubs in the future as part of the European endangered species breeding programme.
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