White Bengal tigress gives birth to sextuplets in Buenos Aires zoo

A female white Bengal tiger, named Betty, stands with her cubs in a cage at Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, January 6, 2004. The tiger gave birth to six cubs on November 18, 2003, each of which weighed about one kilogram and could weigh 270 kilos (723 pounds) at the age of 15. It's the first time in South America that sextuplet tigers have been born. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
White Bengal tiger cubs play in a cage at Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, January 6, 2004. A female white tiger named Betty gave birth to six cubs on November 18, 2003, each of which weighed about one kilogram and could weigh 270 kilos (723 pounds) at the age of 15. It's the first time in South America that sextuplet tigers have been born. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
Argentine children look at a white Bengal tiger cub at Buenos Aires' Zoo, January 6, 2004. A female white tiger named Betty gave birth to six cubs on November 18, 2003, each of which weighed about one kilogram and could weigh 270 kilos (723 pounds) at the age of 15. It's the first time in South America that sextuplet tigers have been born. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
Three white Bengal tiger cubs play in a cage at Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, January 6, 2004. A female white tiger named Betty gave birth to six cubs on November 18, 2003, each of which weighed about one kilogram and could weigh 270 kilos (723 pounds) at the age of 15. It's the first time in South America that sextuplet tigers have been born.
REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
A female white Bengal tiger, named Betty, holds up one of her cubs in a cage at Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, January 6, 2004. The tiger gave birth to six cubs on November 18, 2003, each of which weighed about one kilogram and could weigh 270 kilos (723 pounds) at the age of 15. It's the first time in South America that sextuplet tigers have been born. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
Two white tigers are showed to children at Buenos Aires, Zoo, Argentina Tuesday Jan. 6, 2004. A captive white tiger gave birth to sextuplets -three males and three females- on Nov.18, 2003, boosting these animals' endangered population. There are only 210 white tigers in the world.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Five of the sextuplets white tigers play at Buenos Aires, Zoo, Argentina Tuesday Jan. 6, 2004. A captive white tiger gave birth to sextuplets -three males and three females- on Nov.18, 2003, boosting these animals' endangered population. There are only 210 white tigers in the world. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
One white tiger is showed to children at Buenos Aires, Zoo, Argentina Tuesday Jan.6, 2004. A captive white tiger gave birth to sextuplets -three males and three females- on Nov.18, 2003, boosting these animals' endangered population. There are only 210 white tigers in the world. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
The white tiger Bety, center, walks with two of her six cubs at Buenos Aires, Zoo, Argentina Tuesday Jan.6, 2004. The captive white tiger gave birth to sextuplets -three males and three females- on Nov.18, 2003, boosting these animals' endangered population. There are only 210 white tigers in the world. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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