Tiger, Wolves Added To Cleveland Zoo Wilderness Trek

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo recently welcome an Amur tiger and two Mexican grey wolves to their Wilderness Trek. Over the next three weeks, guests can see the animals during the Wild Winter Lights event.

The 4-year-old tiger, named Zoya, is from Odense Zoo in Denmark. She is the first tiger to come to the Cleveland Zoo since Hector in 2017.

Amur tigers, like Zoya, are endangered in the wild, with an estimated global population of only 500. Zoya will be introduced to one of the four interconnected habitats in the Zoo's Rosebrough Tiger Passage in the coming weeks.

The Mexican grey wolves, Meraki and Sarra, both females, were born in the same litter in 2018. They come to Cleveland from the Endangered Wolf Center, which specializes in care for endangered wolf species. The Cleveland Zoo now has a pack of five Mexican grey wolves, with three males, and two females.

Mexican grey wolves were eliminated in the U.S. in the 1970s, but have been slowly recovering. There are currently 100 Mexican grey wolves living around the New Mexico and Arizona border.