General Secretary Kim Jong Il, who had visited at the end of last year the zoo wonderfully reconstructed to suit the requirement of the new century, sent five rare tigers to it.

They are three Korean tigers and two Bengal tigers.

The Korean tigers are three years old, each of which weighs a hundred and tens of kilograms on an average.

The tiger has conspicuous black pattern on the forehead like the Chinese character "king", long white whiskers on both sides of the upper lip, black strips on yellowish brown ground, glittering and piercing eyes, tough teeth and others, which show its courage and majestic appearance.

A couple of Bengal tigers, which are nearly two years old, are similar to the Korean tigers but have some differences. The tiger is a rare animal under international protection.

The new animals are very healthy now.