Overview
- Keepers marked the birthday with enrichment, including colorful ice cakes, frozen treats, and goat’s milk in the Maharajah Jungle Trek habitat.
- Bakso now weighs over 140 pounds and is regularly seen exploring the habitat with his mother, Sohni.
- The animal care team has trained him to voluntarily present his tail and paws and to open his mouth for exams, enabling lower‑stress health checks.
- His 2024 birth—the park’s first Sumatran tiger cub in seven years—drove strong guest interest, with his January debut prompting a temporary separate queue.
- With fewer than 600 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wild, Disney points to more than $4.5 million in Disney Conservation Fund grants since 1995 supporting habitat protection and anti‑poaching work.