Four Bengal tigers born in El Salvador animal park


45-day-old Bengal tiger cubs are seen at their enclosure at the Wild Shelter Foundation (FURESA) in Jayaque, 40 kilometres west of San Salvador on January 31, 2017. -AFP

SAN SALVADOR: Four Bengal tigers have been born in an El Salvador animal park that runs an endangered-species reproduction program, the facility announced Wednesday.

The cubs arrived in December to the tiger pair Lily and Papo that are being kept in the 0.6-square-mile (1.6-square-kilometer) private Furesa wildlife refuge in the southeastern town of Jayaque, the center’s veterinarian, Luis Martinez, told AFP.

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