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Yes, in fact the reason white tigers are even around is of inbreeding in captivity.
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What is the need for action for the endangered white tiger?
Since the white tiger is only a very rare genetic color morph of the Bengal tiger, and has not been seen in the wild for years, most scientists agree that the ones in captivity be sterilized, and no more be bred, because the ones in captivity are inbred, and suffer from birth defects and health issues.
Where do wild white Siberians live?
There are no wild white Siberian tigers. There have never been. The ONLY white tiger ever found in the wild was a Bengal tiger. It never would have survived due to its coloring. It was captured and bred to an orange tiger. Then it was bred to its daughter. The inbreeding caused the double recessive gene to come out. Later, someone decided the white bengal tigers needed to be more impressive. They crossed a white Bengal tiger with a siberian tiger and today the only white tigers are Bengal/Siberian hybrids living in captivity. Sad, huh?
What kind of meat do White Tigers eat?
White Tigers are not a separate species. There are no wild white tigers. There has only ever been one wild White Tiger. It was captured and bred to normal tigers and bred back to produce more white tigers. All white tigers live in captivity and they are all descendants of that one white tiger. He was a Bengal Tiger. Bengal Tigers eat Cows, Oxen, Guar, Deer, Bear, as well as small animals and pets.
What can kill a liger?
Since ligers do not occur in nature they are threatened by nothing. Ligers are the offspring of a lion and a tiger, and these animals only exist where they have been bred in captivity.
Has there been a lion bred captivity?
yes there has been one in LA
What is a white Bengal tiger?
An extremely rare genetic condition of the Bengal tiger, occurring only one in ten thousand births. The white tigers in captivity were bred from a hand ful of white tigers, and are very inbred, being afflicted with many defects, such as crossed eyes, cleft palate, and kinks in their tails.
When was the white tiger threatened?
Well, technically the white tiger is not so much threatened as much as it is ( and always has been) a captive color variety of tiger. White tiger's are not Siberian tigers, a common misconception. But, instead, are all descended from a single male white bangle tiger named Mohan "He was captured as a cub in 1951 byMaharaja Shri Martand Singh of Rewa, whose hunting party in Bandhavgarh found a tigress with four 9-month-old cubs, one of which was white." ( wiki article white tiger) this tiger was Mohan. from 1951 on Mohan ( who died in 1970) and his descendants have been continually bred for the purpose of producing other white tigers, which are a valuable commodity to zoo's today. Because they've always only existed in captivity their numbers have always be low, well low as far as wild standards are concerned. So they aren't necessarily threatened, just captive bred. So long as white tigers increase zoo attendance white tigers will always be around.
Was the white lion selectively bred?
Yes. There was a small group of white lions in Kruger National Park, and someone decided they should be "saved." Today, most white lions are in captivity and bred for the white trait. See the white tiger page on bigcatrescue.com, it says it applies to white lions too. Nasty stuff.
How do you say liger in Japanese?
A liger is a cross between a lion and tiger that is only bred in captivity. The Japanese word for liger is Raiga.
How the parot fish breeds?
These Marine fish have never been bred in captivity.
What does the white tiger's home look like?
a zoo, the white color is casued by a mutated gen, it is extremeley rare in the wild (1 every 10/15000 births), because its white color they can't survive the ones you see in the zoo are bred (read: INbred) in captivity
Does a white tiger have an estimated population?
There is only about 200 worldwide. They are a mutation, there has never been a documented wild birth of a white tiger. All white tigers have been bred and raised from the same white tiger found in the 1950's, all inbred to keep the white gene alive.
