Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild

BANNERGHATTA TIGER PROFILES

The Born Free Foundation’s tiger sanctuary is set within a private part of Bannerghatta Wildlife Park, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

Here, in three acre jungle enclosures with large pools, the tigers can live out their lives in peace and dignity and a degree of freedom.

Tigers currently living at the sanctuary:
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Roque – rescued from a Spanish pet shop when he was just a cub.
Date of birth – estimated 17th May, 1998
Arrival at Bannerghatta- 30th April 2002
Adopt the tiger Roque

King – confiscated from an Italian circus, where he had been living in a tiny trailer without even access to an exercise cage.
Date of birth – estimated 1991
Arrival at Bannerghatta – 30th April 2002

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Harak – confiscated from the same Italian circus as King.
Date of birth – estimated 1996
Arrival at Bannerghatta – 30th April 2002

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Zeudy – a tigress confiscated from the same Italian circus as King and Harak.
Date of birth – estimated 1996
Arrival at Bannerghatta – 30th April 2002

Born Free Foundation
3 Grove House, Foundry Lane
, Horsham, RH13 5PL, UK - Charity Reg. No. 1070906