Reka and Zeya, the Amur tiger twins born at Connecticut”™s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport in November 2017, are getting a new home for their first birthday.
Gregg Dancho, the zoo”™s director, announced the receipt of a $1 million donation from a new foundation created by Pamela Hope Kochiss-Werth, a longtime zoo supporter who previously offered philanthropic gifts via the Werth Family Foundation. The donation will finance the creation of a new enclosure for the Amur tigers. Dancho said that the zoo is seeking matching donations, adding that “there”™s no donation too small.”
“The existing tiger habitat was built several decades ago and has been on our wish list to expand and renovate,” Dancho said. “Our intention is to create a habitat more in keeping with 21st century accredited zoo standards.”
