On the move: tigers head to Kent from London Zoo

Vets at London Zoo give Raika the tiger a health-check. Credit: London Zoo.

A couple of tigers who've lived at London Zoo since 1997 have moved home.

Raika and her mate Lumpur have fronted fund-raising campaigns for London, but they've now transferred to Kent, to make way for new arrivals.

Both needed health checks before they travelled. Eyes, ears, chest - and of course, their razor-sharp teeth. Not surprisingly, the medics at London Zoo knocked them out with an anaesthetic before they got to work.

Vets inspect the tiger's paws. Credit: London Zoo.

Andrea Thomas reports on how they've settled in their new surroundings.