Miller Park Zoo houses endangered tiger

Posted on April 26, 2017
Rojo is a Sumatran tiger who moved to Bloomington from Topeka this month. (Photo by John Tobias)

By Greg Halbleib

BLOOMINGTON – An endangered tiger is now residing at Miller Park Zoo.

The zoo reported the Sumatran tiger is 10 years old and named Rojo. He arrived in Bloomington three weeks ago from the Topeka Zoo.

Sumatran tigers are the smallest of the tiger subspecies and found naturally only on the Indian Ocean island of Sumatra. The wild population has decreased dramatically due to destruction of the tiger’s natural habitat.

Rojo is the only tiger at Miller Park Zoo.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected].

 

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