Keepers at Longleat have shared an adorable image of a quartet of rare tiger cubs creating their own crossing.
Ian Turner captured the moment the four Amur cubs crossed the road in single file at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire.
The Safari Park has the biggest collection of endangered tigers in the UK after the birth of the tigers in May, which was announced on the eve of Endangered Species Day.
There are thought to be only around 450 Amur tigers left in the wild.
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In October, the tigers were revealed to be female and their names were announced as Ginger Biscuit, Dora-Boo, Seeka and Heidi and they can be seen by members of the public in the drive-through safari at Longleat.
They were born to mum Yana and dad Red and they were the second litter of Amur tigers at Longleat.
Yana had two cubs in 2019 – Rusty and Yuki – and Rusty moved to Blackpool last year as part of their breeding programme.
The quartet are being fed milk for around six months before being weaned onto meat.
Amur Tigers usually live 10 to 15 years in the wild and up to 20 years in captivity.
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