Malosi, a 3-year-old Sumatran tiger, is expected to arrive Wednesday to breed with another tiger at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. (Courtesy of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium)

New Sumatran tiger coming to Point Defiance Zoo for breeding

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will welcome a new Sumatran tiger this week.

Tacoma HEADLINES
Add to MyYahoo  RSS
Published February 13th, 2012 - 6:43AM
This will be South Park Community Center’s spring.
Published February 11th, 2012 - 3:18PM
The husband and wife from Joint Base Lewis-McChord had a novel approach to parenting. They left their two boys, ages 3 and 4, in a van with the engine running and shopped for 90 minutes at a Tacoma sex shop.
Published February 11th, 2012 - 12:05AM
The draft of a new Port of Tacoma strategic plan calls for creation of a common user container terminal, more cost-competitive rail service, development of Tacoma as a strategic military port and attraction of more break bulk business to its terminals.
Published February 10th, 2012 - 8:02PM
Hundreds of community members attended this morning's service to celebrate the short lives of the Powell brothers at Life Center in Central Tacoma.
Published February 10th, 2012 - 7:55PM
After 75 years of offering classical music in Tacoma, the Tacoma Philharmonic is merging into the Broadway Center for Performing Arts, the nonprofit organization that manages the City of Tacoma’s downtown theaters.
Published February 10th, 2012 - 3:37PM
Drivers might using Schuster Parkway Saturday might face delays as crews remove a potentially hazardous tree.

Published February 9th, 2012 - 7:08PM
The Tacoma School Board on Thursday fired a Stadium High School security officer who is facing accusations that he had illegal sexual contact with two students.
Published February 9th, 2012 - 5:05PM
A Seattle school principal who has been the subject of criticism by educators there and whose school is under investigation by Seattle Public Schools will not move into a Tacoma principal’s job, Tacoma school officials said in a reversal Thursday.
Published February 9th, 2012 - 9:23AM
To understand the ‘no’ vote cast on gay marriage Wednesday by Rep. Steve Kirby, a Tacoman who usually sides with his fellow Democrats, it helps to look at how the people in his district voted in 2009 on the “everything but marriage” referendum.

QUICK LINKS
Archives
Births
Breaking News from AP
Looking Back
Lottery numbers
Lowest gas prices
Tacoma Blog Central
Projects and special coverage
Traffic
Videos
Breaking News e-mail alerts
Breaking News text alerts
Severe Weather text alerts
@tntbreakingnews

TWITTER UPDATES

The News Tribune had 72,010 visitors yesterday
South Sound Cars .com
VIEW ALL »

Presented By
Lakewood Ford

2011 Ford Ranger
Silver color, 3,306 miles
$16,496.00

South Sound Homes .com
VIEW ALL »

Homes By
Windermere Real Estate

LUXURY CUSTOMS NOW READY
Four residences with fine upgrades and detail in Historic Steilacoom/new prices!

South Sound Rentals .com
VIEW ALL »

Park 19

You\'ll notice the difference...
from other apartment communities the moment you step on the grounds of Park 19.

TribBits
GridIron Hits 2011/12 - Football Picks
Local prizes sponsored by Korum Puyallup Nissan
Subscribe to The News Tribune
Click Here to Subscribe
GridIron Hits 2011/12 Subscribe to The News Tribune