patgund: Knotwork (Stupid Humans)
patgund ([personal profile] patgund) wrote2006-06-15 09:29 am

Why idiots shouldn't be allowed to breed........

......tigers that is.

The following links show a tiger that is the result of massive inbreeding to try and create the "white" tigers that so many people ooh and ahh over.

Yes, I realize that he looks silly at first.....until you realize just *why* he looks the way he does.

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/images/WhiteTigerDeformed1.jpg

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/images/WhiteTigerDeformed3.jpg

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/images/WhiteTigerDeformed4.jpg

And the story as to *why* this type of inbreeding is going on and why they have no conservation value at all, (as well as the genetics behind the trait)

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/white_tigers.htm

[identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com 2006-06-15 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
To me, this sheds some light on the Roy Horn incident. Poor Montecore probably didn't have two brain cells to rub together, forgot his training and just tried to get offstage asap, bringing Roy with him. Sigh.

[identity profile] patgund.livejournal.com 2006-06-15 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That makes sense. Sigfried and Roy were two of the more....loud voices demanding white tigers, and their breeding programme was averaging 70-80% stillbirth rates according to some vets