(26 Oct 2011)
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Oudtshoorn, South Africa , 17 October 2011
1. Various of baby bengal tiger cubs
2. Mid of two animal trainers walking inside cubs' den
3. Mid of trainers holding tiger cubs
4. Close of trainer holding tiger cub
5. Wide of Cango Conservation Station building
6. Close of Jean-Pierre Kamiel petting tiger
7. Mid pan right of tiger cub walking across straw
8. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Jean-Pierre Kamiel, animal trainer, Cango Wildlife Ranch
"Actually this is our first time that we having two cubs, normally it is three or four cubs, so it is quite surprising she only gave two this time."
9. Mid of two tiger cubs
10. Close of tiger's tail pull to cub
11. Various of Jean-Pierre Kamiel with tiger cubs
12. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Jean-Pierre Kamiel, animal trainer, Cango Wildlife Ranch
"It is very rare. There is about 20 of them left in the world, being counted in the world. It's very unique for Cango Wildlife Ranch, this is our third litter actually of stripeless white tigers, so it is a really special occasion for us"
13. Mid of animal trainer with large adult white Bengal tiger
14. Mid of trainer with two white Bengal tiger adolescents
15. Mid pan right of adult white Bengal tiger walking inside cage
16. Close tilt up of adolescent tiger drinking milk from bottle
17. Mid of trainer with tiger by pond
18. Mid of trainer feeding adolescent Bengal tiger milk
19. Mid of adolescent tigers drinking milk and then sniffing camera
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Hall, conservation director, Cango Wildlife Ranch
"I think the white Bengal Tigers are rare animals in that they are not naturally found anymore, there is no recent sightings of white Bengal tigers in the wild. The early sightings were the 1940s and 50s,where one was shot out eventually in the wild and another animal taken into captivity, and from that one animal coming into captivity, what we've had is, we've had years of breeding within captivity and other wildlife organisations where we've managed to perpetuate the gene and keep it going."
21. Wide top view of tiger cubs sleeping
22. Close of female tourist watching tigers
23. Wide of tigers being photographed
24. Mid of tourist petting tigers
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A big cat centre in South Africa has successfully bred a brace of extremely rare white, stripeless Bengal tiger cubs.
White Bengal Tigers are an endangered species, now no longer found in the wild, so their birth is a coup for the Cango Wildlife Ranch.
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Just days old, these tiny tiger cubs are exploring the world.
Situated in the heart of the Karoo region, the small town of Oudtshoorn is home to one of the world's most successful big cat breeding centres.
This time the Cango Ranch has really struck gold with the birth of two extremely rare white, stripeless Bengal Tiger cubs.
The ranch says there are fewer than 20 of the tigers in the world - and now five of them reside at Cango.
The white stripeless Bengal Tiger is one of the rarest species to walk the earth - so no wonder these adorable cubs have got the whole town buzzing.
The white tigers have a double recessive gene. They are the blond haired, blue eyed version of the more common orange striped Bengal tiger.
Jean-Pierre Kamiel is tending to the vulnerable cubs in these crucial early weeks - however, usually he's used to handling many more young cubs.
He says: "Actually this is our first time that we having two cubs, normally it is three or four cubs, so it is quite surprising she only gave two this time."
On the other side of the ranch, Amish and Tiana's larger cousins are keeping staff busy.
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