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Little Tiny Tigers

By Vanessa Caldwell

babytigerzz.jpgA while ago, some tigers were born at the Toronto Zoo. They’re pretty cute (uh, hello, they’re baby tigers!), but a trip to the zoo these days requires some serious commitment (at least three hours of transit time and $19).
Luckily, there’s a BabyTigerCam [thoroughly sponsored by AGF -- Ed.] and we can all watch the little nippers from the comfort of our own homes. They play and sleep and eat a regular tiger diet: knuckle bones, half a cow head, and five small rodents once weekly.
Photo of one of the baby tigers from our own Dory Kornfeld.

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  • Dahlia

    What do you mean ‘these days’, Vanessa? The zoo has always been ‘out there’ past Scarborough… are you referring to the ticket price? I dunno, I think 19 bucks ain’t bad considering how much it must cost to maintain a zoo. And it’s still cheaper than a lot of things in the city.

  • http://www.benwendt.com Ben Wendt

    The bike ride out to the zoo is quite pleasant. They have bike lanes on Sheppard and it is a fairly short ride, no where near 3 hours from downtown.
    The problem is that there is very little in terms of bike parking at the zoo.

  • Bec

    The comfort of their “home.”
    Nice cage.

  • sally
  • Emma

    There’s a fast way of getting to the zoo if you’re anywhere near downtown, or on the subway — you can take the Go train from Union Station to Rouge Hill (30-40 min. or so?) and then take the Sheppard 85 bus, which is timed to come shortly after the Go train and takes about 5-10 minutes.
    Even better, the bus back from the zoo is timed to get you there for the train, so it’s equally fast going back.

  • http://www.torontoist.com dory

    The deal with the cage is that they’re babies–the tigers have a pretty expansive habitat, this area is just seperated off so that their mama can really protect them.

  • Kelly

    I don’t do work anymore, just watch tiger babies.