priya jain
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 | Subject: Girlz :Swimming With White Tigers  2008-11-05, 17:46 | |
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[center]T.I.G.E.R.S - The
Institute of
Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, is an animal center in
Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina, that features exotic animal performances in an
open environment. It's half open zoo, half circus, and has a focus on
animal conservation. The animal actors and trainers from T.I.G.E.R.S
have appeared on the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Tonight
Show.
'Tigers have a
natural desire and ability to swim,' said Dr Bhagavan Antle, who set up
the tiger pool at his animal park in South Carolina.
'It is rarely seen and we wanted to be able to present it to people so
they could really
get the feel of that incredible beauty and grace that a tiger has in
the water.
'Tigers have modified webbing between their toes that makes their feet
like flippers and they are superior swimmers.
We found that in the water people and tigers were on a more equal
footing when the tiger was swimming around on the top.
'As they were floating around we could manipulate them more easily
because they don't stand up on their back legs.
'When they are younger they love taking baths and then we slowly
introduce them to the pool.'
Dr Antle and his animal-trainers give one-on-one tuition to each of the
animals while they are in the water.
'These are hand-raised tigers,' he said.
'There are other pictures out there of
tigers
underwater but people have never been able to get this close to a tiger
because it is so dangerous,' said Dr Antle.
'These are the only
shots I have ever seen where people are swimming with tigers like
this.' Dr Antle has a 25-year career caring for threatened species and
has about 200 animals in large enclosures at the TIGERS park. He said:
'I started swimming with tigers about 25 years ago.
'At the institute we feel that swimming with the big cats gives them a
closer bond between the animal and their human companions.
'We will allow the tigers to swim with the handlers as they mature but
we have to monitor each one on its own merits.'
Many of the animals are also trained actors and have appeared in
advertisements and films including Forrest Gump and Ace Ventura.
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