The White Tiger Fraud
solonavi
22 June 2007
Endangered & Extinction, General
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Did you know that the only way to produce a white tiger is through severe inbreeding of brother to sister, father to daughter and mother to son?
Did you know that there is no such species as a Royal White Bengal Tiger?
For even with their increased population, the “Royal White Bengal Tiger†with his stunning white fur coat cannot survive in the wild. No, he is not a gem of nature. He is the result of man’s manipulation to create a profitable caged product for zoos, theme parks, circus and stage performers and yes, even a restaurant. Anywhere people will pay for the opportunity to admire this “majestic speciesâ€.
But the White Tiger is not majestic at all. Nor is it a species. Instead it is a genetic mutation, the result of severe, hazardous inbreeding…mating father to daughter, mother to son, brother to sister…usually with cruel and barbaric results.
To create a white tiger the parents must have a mutant gene, the result of inbreeding. Only one in four cubs will be white and of those 80% will be stillborn. The survivors may be deformed. Often 30 to 60 cats must be destroyed in order in get one profitable white tiger cub.
Do click here for an article written by Dan Laughlin, DVM, PhD.
Dr. Laughlin is widely recognized internationally for his expertise in the care and management of zoological animals, especially zoological cats and elephants. He has an international consulting practice limited to zoological animals and when he completed his research into the accurate genealogy of the white tiger he had well over 250 tigers in his practice alone. He also completed a landmark four-year study in the 1970’s determining the efficacy, dosage and safety of a modified-live trivalent FVRC-P vaccine for use on zoological cats. That study included 224 zoological cats representing 19 different species and the results of that vaccination study have saved the lives of thousands of captive zoological cats. Dr. Laughlin has graciously agreed to be a Consultant for the care and management of our extensive collection of zoological cats at “Big Cat Rescue.”
Zabu was born at a circus and roadside zoo who tried to breed her to a lion to create White Ligers. Zabu, like most white tigers, has genetic flaws. She has a harelip and cleft palate…no upper lip to protect her teeth. So when the circus went bankrupt no exhibitor wanted her. She now resides at Big Cat Rescue. She had been spayed to improve her health and prevent future liters.
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this is very sad andn i do not understand why the human nature is for greed. we as humans feel we need money for survival witch is true but making money at anothers expense is too bad. if the breeding of these animals continue it would be as cruil as purposly giving some one a life filled with torture. ALL of these tigers are born with these deformities whether they are visible or not. making money off of bringing harm to a life is cruil. we say that the white tiger is majestic. it is not it is tortured and unlove. it would be different if they were not kept for money and if they were kept and spayed and neutered. if we stop the reproduction of this species now, these creatures will be extinct but it is better than the suffering of tortureous murders.
take your pick
a genetic mutation continuously spreading and bringing torture to their lives
or not breeding these animals and giving the living ones the best life they can get. in order to do this, we have to protest against zoos and not see these tortured animals if we have to pay people to torture them. that is a double loss.
20 January 2009 at 2:32 pm