DHL Tiger Delivery - The Journey

-DHL- TIGER DELIVERY THE JOURNEY The Sumatran tigers will travel a combined distance of.. 14,000 miles / 22,531km Across a total of 2 oceans TIGER LUGGAGE The tigers will be transported with... 10 lbs of meat gallons of water . to last them until ZSL London Zoo. THE DESTINATION Regent's Park ZSL London Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the world and is where the word "zoo" ZOO П was coined. It opened in 1827, in Regent's Park, London. ..which means they will need specially adapted crates when they are transported. ABOUT TIGERS Tigers can grow up to a length of 2m ..and weigh up to 140kg TIGER MAP There are 6 subspecies of tige.. Amur Sumatran (the breed of our tigers) South China Bengal Indochinese Malayan Bali Caspian Javan 3 Sadly there are of tiger that are now extinct. subspecies ENDANGERED SPECIES There may be no more than 300 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wild down from around 1,000 in the 1980s. Why are tigers endangered? The main reasons tigers are endangered - in most cases, critically endangered- are: illegal hunting for their pelts, bones and body parts (used in folk medicines) as well as habitat loss that results from logging and other forms of forest destruction. 1980s 1000 2012 300 This proves just how essential it is for conservation organisations, such as ZSL London Zoo, to ensure they are protected. Tigers in zoos contribute to conservation in four ways: preserving genetic diversity over time, educating and informing the general public, fund-raising and information gathering. ZSL London Zoo coordinates the global breeding programme for Sumatran tigers -helping to preserve a back up population of this critically endangered species. DHL FACTS 21 horses DHL never horses around, except when Istanbul received a B727 with 21 special live consignments, that is. These flying horses were bound for a show jumping competition. Man-sized! DHL transferred a man-sized killer whale via Heathrow to Canada, destined to be the official mascot of the Commonwealth Games. When Lee Essayan caught a 41-inch barracuda in the British Virgin Islands he was so proud he wanted the fish frozen and shipped back to a taxidermist in Brooklyn via DHL. 41 inches You can visit the tigers at Tiger Territory at ZSL London Zoo from spring 2013.