雄虎撫養(yǎng)兩幼仔至亞成體(在百度獅子吧置頂?shù)�，�?yīng)該是網(wǎng)上轉(zhuǎn)的）
When the field staff of the Ranthambhore National Park gave tiger T-25 the name Zalim (cruel) about two years back for his ferocity they would have hardly dreamt that the big cat would one day prove them all wrong by displaying traits of kindness and softness by rearing and protecting two orphan cubs, both female.
That too for an unusually long period of almost two years, just like their mother T-5 of the reserve would have done.
T-5, popularly known as Kachida after the area she chose for her territory, died on February 9, 2011 of infection. In view of the bleak chances of the survival of her two cubs, forest authorities had sought permission from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to shift the two female cubs, which were around four months old at the time of T-5\'s demise, to the less populated Sariska Tiger reserve where three tigresses and two tigers were translocated under its repopulation programme after it became tiger-less in 2004.
However, the request got lost in the bureaucratic red tape after it was referred to the union ministry of environment and forests. The ministry gave its green signal for translocation only in July, 2011 by which time the cubs had attainted the age of around 10 months, thanks to the parental protection provided by T-25.
In view of the closeness of his territory to that of Kachida, T-25 is considered the probable father of the two cubs. Mail Today had published in July last year his parental care when he and the cubs were captured in a trap camera. Calling T-25\'s behaviour surprising, Rajpal Singh, an expert with the NTCA and also a member of the state board for wildlife asserted that Ranthambhore field staff\'s role in the survival of the orphan cubs and their contribution could not be undermined.
However, the phenomenon involving a tiger rearing and protecting two cubs for so long was recorded for the first time in the wildlife history of the world, claimed divisional forest officer Y K Sahu.
Not long ago T-25, after killing a buffalo, left the prey for the cubs to feed on. He was perhaps giving them lessons on hunting, Sahu said. The cubs were soon seen hunting a neelgai on their own.
Earlier this year, T-25 saved one of the cubs from his former mate Sundari who took a stalking posture for attack. The tiger emerged on the scene, stood between the tigress and the cub and then started moving towards Sundari who, in turn, meekly surrendered. The cubs, meanwhile, found a way out of the danger.
Explaining thebehaviour of the tiger Rajasthan\'s former principal chief wildlife warden R N Mehrotra said that the tiger had established links with the orphan cubs because the mother was not around. A tiger becomes a threat to cubs when he finds them a cause for the tigress to reject his moves to mate.
With the passage of time now the tiger had become more possessive of the cubs that were now grown up as sub-□ tigresses.
Now he has developed a sense of companionship for sexual reasons, Mehrotra asserted. Welcoming the decision to shift them to Sariska he said that the tiger would miss both the \"tigresses\" for some time and ultimately look for another female.

為了減少閱讀困難，我把主要內(nèi)容翻譯如下：
發(fā)生在印度著名虎保護區(qū)倫滕博爾，兩個小雌虎在4個月大的時候失去了母親，當(dāng)時是2011年2月，保護區(qū)為了小虎的生存，向國家虎保護機關(guān)（有天朝國家機關(guān)的架勢，什么都要它批準，但保護重視程度完爆天朝，因為天朝沒有專門機關(guān)）提出申請，把小虎們遷移到老虎少的另一保護區(qū)。申請淹沒在文山會海中，到了批準的時候已經(jīng)2011年7月了，小虎們10個月大了。
期間奇跡發(fā)生了，雄虎T-25 撫養(yǎng)了兩只小虎，直到小虎們成長為亞成體。根據(jù)保護區(qū)工作人員介紹，雄虎撫養(yǎng)小虎達到這么長時間的，是史上第一次被觀察和記錄到�？梢哉f，雄虎T-25 創(chuàng)造了世界紀錄。
保護區(qū)觀察到，不久前，雄虎獵殺了頭水牛，他讓小虎們來吃。而且，雄虎很可能教導(dǎo)了小虎如何捕獵，因為觀察到小虎們剛剛獵殺了一頭有蹄類（奇跡點一）。
而且，不久前，雄虎還拯救了一只小虎。一頭成年雌虎向小虎作出了攻擊姿態(tài)，雄虎及時出現(xiàn)了，他站到了小虎和雌虎之間，并且向雌虎移動，雌虎立即投降了。小虎乘機溜走（奇跡點二）。
目前小虎已經(jīng)是亞成體了。保護區(qū)工作人員支持把小虎們遷移到另一個保護區(qū)。
我們算算，雄虎恐怕從4個月開始撫養(yǎng)小虎，目前小虎都2歲了。實在是個奇跡。

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