Orana’s tigers roam anew

Press, 19 August 1982, Page 12

Orana’s tigers roam anew

The tigers at Orana Park have found firm friends in Mr and Mrs H. Brouwer, of Halswell. The couple have provided them with a new home at the park. It will be officially opened on Saturday at 11 a.m., when Mr and Mrs Brouwer will unveil a plaque and release the three tigers into the new display area. It. cost more than $5OOO and took more than eight months to build, and will more than, treble the exercise space available to the tigers. The exhibit includes a specially designed pool, surrounded by rocks and plat- ,

Mr and Mrs Brouwer have a special affection for one of the tigers, called Tuan, which they adopted al birth in Mav. 1980. Mrs Brouwer said that she and Mr Brouwer had taken a keen interest in the zoo since they had come to Christchurch three years ago. They visited it most weekends and sometimes as many as three times a week, she said. However, until she went to Orana Park. Mrs Brouwer had' not approved of zoos. "I did not like to see the animals caged up. but I was very impressed with Orana Park. I thought it was different," she said.