Playtime! Bronx Zoo's Tiger Cubs Experience Snow for the First Time

Here's a cute video, courtesy of the Wildlife Conservation Society, showing three Amur (Siberian) tiger cubs frolicking in the snow inside the Tiger Mountain exhibit at the Bronx Zoo.

The cubs were born in May. You can read more about them here.

Do it for the gorillas!

Attention runners and animal lovers (and runners who love animals):

We've all heard how the Bronx Zoo is struggling.  But there was some good news for the Wildlife Conservation Society earlier this month, when the New York State Legislature OK'd $9 million to be set aside for zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums around the state.

Still, the Bronx Zoo is hoping to raise an additional $150,000 by hosting the first Run for the Wild this Saturday, April 25th.

Even if you're not a runner, you can participate in the 5K by walking (or by joining me while I cheer on my marathon-running, Bronx born-and-bred dad). You could also fundraise or sponsor a runner.

Bronx News Roundup, April 15

Happy Tax Day! Now here's the news of the day.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. has called an emergency summit of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization tomorrow to strategize in response to Gov. David Paterson's initiative to legalize gay marriage.

The NYPD and several churches throughout the Bronx are organizing a gun buy back program.

A street leading to the Hutchinson Metro Center will be renamed to Marconi Street after the Nobel Prize winning inventor, Guglielmo Marconi as the city builds a 911 call center south of Pelham Parkway.

A dilapidated and rat-infested house in Throggs Neck has neighbors writing to Senator Jeffrey Klein for help.

The Wildlife Conservation Society, which faced budget cuts earlier this year, and faces additional cuts next year, is organizing its first Run For the Wild a 5k mile run/walk on Saturday April 25.