Cuban zoo celebrates birth of Bengal tigers amid energy crisis

<p>Arrival of endangered cats, including rare white cub, revitalises team straining under fuel and medicine shortages</p><p>For the Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal ⁠tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban national zoo is a small miracle on an island stifled by shortages ⁠of fuel, medicine and ⁠days-long power outages.</p><p>The ​birth of these endangered big cats – including an exceedingly rare white tiger – has revitalised a team of zoo workers, he said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/06/cuban-zoo-celebrates-birth-of-bengal-tigers-amid-energy-crisis">Continue reading...</a>