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[Music] with an empty stomach jars try spot on some soft food very good there evening I came not going to give him the full amount would be good to get some bottle into them as well I scanned a little bit overzealous bit to push it sure enough spot soon gets his strength back and it's not long before he perks up and begins to take on the family dogs Cesar and Ruby [Music] Ceaser's happy guess these tails Waggin you did these hole trying to get into plaything oh here we go you do it again now good boy Caesar good boy once things are all tidied up jars takes time to reflect on the impact the Cubs are having on conservation we're doing exactly what I set out to achieve in that we are raising significant funds that we're going to put towards what I feel is you know the most successful and appropriate tiger conservation program for Sumatran tigers these Cubs are raising more money per day than it costs to run that program every day so every day that these guys are on display we are saving the Samoan tiger in Corinne Theresa black National Park with the help of cari and son Kynan he's got a new plan to help raise money to save the wild Sumatran tigers tiger cub paw prints really bad enough are you ready Connor to help so these are gonna be the little canvases that we get their little paws on I'm thinking $50 for every single last thing we'll go back into conservation [Music] second-born stripe is as vocal as ever but his usual spot takes it all in his stride going in is he asleep John I'm able she's born [Music] yeah place the waters nice and moist oh okay oh yes [Music] okay before 40 paw prints are sold that'll be another $2,000 towards protecting tigers in the wild living alongside tigers for as long as I have means you notice the smallest detail I have a theory that when a tiger licks its paws it's preparing to hunt this could be a good sign it's been many days now but I still haven't seen began II make a kill with no Tigers to hunt them Sir riskiest deer herds have increased in size but bigger herds mean more eyes to watch out for hunting Tigers and that makes them more difficult to catch [Music] yet another problem for began II [Music] I'm desperate to see her cut something so I can be sure she's getting enough to eat these are young deer and they've never seen a tiger they might be easier to catch she's perfectly placed [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] has she got one yes at last I know for sure she is feeding it's only a small meal but it gives me great confidence for the future of Pagani and rajole my gun is ready to mate again she spent all morning calling for a job [Music] but so far there's no reply when he doesn't appear for three days we all joined at the sir picking up his trail following his footprints [Music] we're all worried and then we find him dead [Music] not to killed by poachers but poisoned by a villager protecting his cattle but by golly doesn't know her mate is dead she's still searching for him [Music] she can smell him but he's gone she cries for three days after his death [Music] we are both heartbroken it's at 4 o'clock afternoon and Caymans been in labor on and off for the last five hours we've just finished a period where there's a couple of hours of not really much activity she's just getting to the point now where she's having some pretty regular and strong contractions Caitlin is entering the advanced stages of labour [Music] puppy curry and when she has a contraction time to emit this is the amniotic sac which means there's a cub on the way cover the sack just burst around it and there we can see your face [Music] here we go [Music] [Applause] [Music] the sensation of Caitlyn's licking should trigger the Cubs lungs to start working its gasp three times but it's not breathing properly in two minutes and although the Cubs made some weak attempts it still hasn't started breathing properly yeah these gasps its gasping it's not it's not breathing my ties bringing well as to three breasts for good girl did say well did very well every guy so the cup just made its first-ever noise a little squeal out to my mum or my mum looked surprised if anything the beautiful ten-minute overcome that's incredible isn't it man my heart was in my mouth there's a good girl for first time lunch there doing an amazing job and it's really hard just to sit back here and let her get on with it I just don't have contractions in preparation for the second one to arrive well done good girl doing so well good girl Wow good girl oh this one's come here kicking and screaming good girl it's not absolutely amazing absolutely amazing it's two males and Kaitlyn's allowing Giles to share in the moment ones up and about as the Cubs have become bolder at home Charles thinks it's time for spot and stripe to increase their socialization with the adult Tigers back at the zoo at the Maine Tiger compound Charles and his team are full-time carers for ten adult tigers and spottin stripe have been gradually exposed to them seeing the adult Tigers through the glass is one thing but their next big milestone is to socialize and meet one of the adults in the open air there's going to be lots and lots of interesting smells in here with all the other Tigers you know like the big cars come through here on a regular basis and it's much much more of a sensory stimulation for them in here in terms of the smell than just being around the front of the glass like the tiger the big Tigers never go around that side say get used to walking around here boys in just over a month the Cubs will be too big to live at home and they need to be accepted by the adults for them to live here full-time he's a little bit nervous as you would expect you can see he's smelling all the smells around there's lots of smells of big predators are the Tigers around so you gotta be a little bit cautious naturally in the wild an unrelated tiger could easily injure the Cubs I wish I did whiting and Giles hopes Maneki won't display any threatening behaviors so this is Maneki this is the very very first time that Maneki seen any Cubs whatsoever Tigers communicate using a range of vocalizations and the most common non-threatening sound they make is called a chuff Japanese reassuring so they're talking at her they're chuffing at each other so it's a reassuring type of noise but it's also a way of greeting say the she'll speaks your language like Ruby Tigers are one of the few cats in the world to communicate in this way these guys are very inquisitive so the facial expression where their ears is exactly that now he's being a bit submissive for the fact that he's put it is is slightly back he's getting down low so that's just being a little bit unsure if you like where it's Maneki you can see how relaxed she is she's sat there she's fairly happy so stripe his um it's getting a little bit close he's being cautious in the way in which approaches good boy you're brave yeah look at his face he's very very cautious like he wants to go up a bit closer but he's also a little nervous but that's to be expected like look at the size of her in comparison to him and she's reacting too little she doesn't want to be surprised the Cubs have won over Maneki and Giles is relieved for a very first encounter you couldn't have asked for it to go any better or any smoother you know no one's been aggressive no one showing over interest or too much interest say and the Cubs have taken really well [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]