Amur and Timur

Timur (left) and Amur (right)

Amur and Timur (Russian: Амур и Тимур) are a tiger and a goat who have established an unlikely friendship in a safari park in Primorye in the Far East of Russia. The goat was placed in the tiger's enclosure as food but, by its confident behaviour, established a rapport with the tiger which did not eat it.[1] There was an incident of mauling when the goat annoyed the tiger by poking it with its horns for hours but, after treatment for shock the goat recovered.[2] The pair were separated after another fight in 2016 and Timur was moved to the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Goat and tiger's unlikely friendship, BBC, 3 January 2016
  2. ↑ Trouble in paradise: Amur the tiger mauls 'roomie' Timur the goat, RT, 29 January 2016
  3. ↑ Timur the goat and Amur the tiger split up after fight, BBC, 6 July 2016
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