Updated: 10:55 AM EST December 16, 2020
Changbai, a thirteen-year-old Amur tiger and the mother of cubs born at the Zoo in 2017, has returned to Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo!
After arriving from her most recent home at the Columbus Zoo, Changbai underwent a normal quarantine period. Changbai is now residing in the tiger habitat in the predator area, next to her daughter, Reka.
Born on May 24, 2007 at the Philadelphia Zoo, Changbai lived at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo for two years before being transferred to Columbus as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan.
Beardsley Zoo says Amur tigers are very rare and are critically endangered in the wild. According to the AZA, Amur tigers are thought to occupy less than seven percent of their original range.