Zolushka sighting: The tiger Cinderella story continues
Sunday, September 4, 2016 - 14:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Brought into captivity as a nearly starved, 3-month old cub, the tigress that became known as Zolushka (Russian for "Cinderella") flourished in a rehabilitation center designed to prepare her for life back in the wild. Without a mother (probably lost to poachers) Zolushka learned how to kill natural wild prey presented to her in the rehabilitation center, where she was kept far from people to preserve her innate fear of humans. New photographs just released from Bastak Reserve in the Russian Far East confirm that a feline Cinderella story continues to unfold.