Blue, Siberian Bengal Tiger

Blue was rescued in October of 2002 from a traveling road show that wanted to use him in their performing act. However, Blue didn’t want to perform. He was confined to a small cage that was only big enough for him to turn around in. Being a 3 year old male tiger, he needed much more room than he was given.

We met with his owners and loaded up Blue to bring him home to Forever Wild. He was extremely angry that we took him from the only people he had ever known. He showed a lot of aggression towards Joel, one of the owners. Blue would charge the cage whenever Joel came near. However, he seemed to tolerate Chemaine, Joel’s wife.

After taking some time to settle in, Blue’s temper has calmed down quite a bit. He loves getting attention and a good back scratch. He is still partial to women, but has really grown fond of one of our male volunteers that recently started working with us.

He loves his spacious new enclosure, but unlike many tigers, he doesn’t like to soak in his specially built water tank. Instead, he prefers being sprayed down by the hose, and then rolling around in the dirt! He is the only tiger we have that truly loves playing peek-a-boo with everyone that goes to visit him. He is also very possessive of his meat bones, and if you get too close, you’ll get a threatening roar to warn you!

He is one of four tigers at Forever Wild that have received reconstructive surgery on his paws due to a bad declaw. The Paw Project provides this procedure for our injured tigers. We owe tremendous amounts of gratitude to their organization. Blue and Czar, his brother, have completely finished their surgeries and look forward to a life of full retirement.