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A Sumatran tiger cub is gearing up to celebrate her first Christmas. Five-month-old Lestari at West Midland Safari Park has been involved in the festive celebrations by being given her very first Christmas tree. Lestari will be spending the festive season with her mum, Dourga and her keepers who at this time of year are often using seasonal items as forms of enrichment, for the animals in their care. Head Keeper of Carnivores, Chris Hodgkins, said, “Lestari loved the tree and it didn’t take her long to realise she could play with it, especially after her mum had pulled it out the ground!”. In the new year, the trees will either be donated as enrichment for the animals or recycled as part of a ‘treecycling’ campaign for the Park’s partnership with local charity, the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust.