One of the world's rarest tigers has taken up residence at Cork's Fota Wildlife Park

Dao arrived this month from Zoo Krefeld in Germany

The new Sumatran tiger Dao who joins Fota Wildlife Park's Endangered Breeding Programme. Picture: Darragh Kane.

Fota Wildlife Park in Cork has announced the arrival of one of the world’s rarest tigers as part of a breeding programme.

The two-year-old male tiger named Dao is a critically endangered Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris) and arrived this month from Zoo Krefeld in Germany as part of a European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) for Sumatran tigers.