TIGER ON THE MOVE

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Before telling you about the wonderful tiger pictured below, Dylan, Red Tabby and I need to warn you. Our Fun and Games page doesn't work properly at present. Until it does, we mean to add our jokes and riddles on THIS page. So, just for now, watch this space for the Meerkat Groaners.

Dylan and Red Tabby's third story is having its pictures drawn at present. While that's happening, our pioneer readers are going through the manuscript in case there are any mistakes. That's Martha, Grace, James, Charlotte and Heidi. Thanks guys!

And now for news about Rocky.... Dylan and Red Tabby’s friend, Martin Hill, is an author. He also volunteers at Paradise Wildlife Park. He’s good pals with the lions and tigers who live there, several of whom have known him all their life. One of the finest of the tigers is Rocky.

“A few weeks ago,” says Martin, “the park decided to move Rocky back into his original enclosure – I must admit, I did voice my disapproval of him being relocated in the first place. Rocky has never enjoyed entering his travelling crate which is solid metal all around. On the day of his big move,  keepers struggled in vain to move him into it.

It was at that point I suggested we redesign his crate, making it all of mesh instead of solid metal. The following week I spent several hours in the metal work shop assisting in the re-build of the crate which looked fabulous when finished.

I was then asked by management to come in at the weekend and try to get Rocky inside the crate. I eagerly agreed and arrived at the park early on the Saturday morning. With help from the other keepers I manoeuvred the sparkling green crate into position in the outer enclosure, up against the shutters that led inside to Rock’s straw bed. Because I had hand reared Rocky I was asked to be the one to encourage him to enter it. The shutter to the tiger house was lifted and the shutter to the crate was also lifted – I was trying to tempt Rocky inside with a very large horse rib, and Rocky was hesitating to step forward knowing the gate would close behind him. He was trying to paw at the rib without actually coming fully inside the crate. His rump remained sticking through the shutter gate.

I started running round, large rib in hand, with Rocky watching me closely. He was getting all excited and he really did want to come the whole way in, but backed off at the very last second. I murmured some reassuring words then Rocky walked straight towards me, greeting me with a chuffle and rubbing his face against mine. At that point I called to the keeper on the inside to drop the gate at his end. Rocky was now safely aboard.  He was so good.

You may all be wondering why the keepers didn't just sedate him and move him while he was asleep? 
Well, the last time Rocky was anaesthetised he struggled to come back out of the anaesthetic so it was essential that he made his move awake. All ended well as Rocky found himself back in his favourite home, now swept and painted and clean. 

There may be more stories about Rocky and his pals in the future -

Dylan and Red Tabby's friend, Martin.



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