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Growing up in a suburban Australian family home, where they are completely reliant on their foster dad Giles, brings trials, tribulations and real hope for the future of their species. As these cubs struggle through their first crucial weeks, Giles embarks upon the toughest parenting job of his life.

Queensland zoo keeper Giles Clark, supervisor of the tigers team, raises two Sumatran tiger cubs, Stripe and Spot, at home, bravely assisted by his pre-teen son Kynan, whole his wife accepts massive damage to furniture and domestic hygiene. The zoo team starts preparing to introduce them to the adults. Giles also makes a visit to the very endangered subspecies' major nature reserve in Indonesia, where still rising poaching is desperately countered with the proceeds of Giles's home team fund-raising proceeds.

Sumatran tiger cubs Spot and Stripe are now outgrowing keeper Giles Clark's home and developing adult tiger behaviours. The time comes for them to leave the family home and reintegrate with the rest of the tigers at Australia Zoo. These tiger cubs offer real hope to the plight of wild Sumatran tigers, and Giles believes their unique experience in his family home will make them even more suitable for a life in captivity. As they move back to the zoo, Spot and Stripe's development is far from over. Giles gives the cubs their first swimming lesson, and they meet the adult tigers they are going to share their lives with. But all is not well with Spot, who is rapidly developing an eye condition that leaves him fighting for his life.

The cubs are now outgrowing Giles' home and the time has come to move back to the zoo. But the cubs' development is far from over. We see their first swim and the cubs meet the adult tigers at the zoo. But all is not well with Spot, who is rapidly developing an eye condition that that leaves him fighting for his life.