Amazing friendship between Siberian TIGER and German Shepherds at Slovakian wildlife sanctuary

Amazing friendship between Siberian
TIGER and German Shepherds at
Slovakian wildlife sanctuary

This is the amazing friendship which has developed
between three German shepherds and a pair of endangered
Siberian tigers in a nature reserve.
The dogs, Blacky, Hugo and Jenny - are inseparable from
big cat Suria and new-born tiger cub Sunny.
Suria and Sunny were both born at the Oasis of the Siberian
Tiger, in Senec, Slovakia - a protected area that breeds
Siberian tigers.

The older tiger - Suria - has been inseparable from the dogs
since she was born two years ago.
Incredibly, the Oasis's newest addition - four-month-old cub
Sunny - seems to be following in her footsteps and has
struck up a friendship with the canines too.

The playing dogs and tigers were spectacularly captured by
Lucia Zustakova, who was visiting the Oasis, and also
Martin Ziman, a volunteer at the oasis and regularly takes
videos of the amazing scenes.
Their daily playtime allows the group to interact, sometimes
getting quite rowdy as the boisterous animals play-fight and
chase after each other excitedly.
Lucia, 29, said: 'It is nice to see it all and it is so amazing
when you are so near these beautiful animals.

'Suria plays with the dogs every day and they just love her.
'I love animals and love the oasis - it's a great project to
help these tigers that are facing extinction.'
The oasis is run by Yveta Irsova, who also owns the dogs. It
opened in 1999 and houses 28 tigers, 23 of which were born
there.
The sanctuary aims to rescue a small population of tigers
from extinction and contribute to the genetic pool for the
breeding of the critically endangered lions.
With several species of tigers already extinct, Yveta and her
staff are completely passionate about trying to stop the
same fate happening to Siberian tigers, who are victims of
intense poaching and habitat loss.
Martin said: 'The dogs are almost same age as Suria and
have grown up together. They spend most of the time
together.
'They are really like siblings and play together all day long.
They never hurt each other.'

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