This is Suka, the Sumatran tiger cub that is being hand raised at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Mom wasn’t giving him the nutrition he needed and he wasn’t putting on weight, so the keepers pulled him from mom after a few days and have been hand rearing him. He has ALL energy now and is a healthy weight(about 25lbs last I heard), and is the first cub to be hand reared at the park since 1984. Suka is a critical part of the dwindling Sumatran tiger population, of which less than 350 exist in the wild.
I am thrilled to have the opportunity to watch this guy grow into a magnificent, ruffed adult, and I’m sure he will look just as handsome as his father!