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

[patgund]

......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

Comments

[angelique69.livejournal.com]

That poor tiger looks like a stuffed toy not the predator tigers were meant to be. Sheesh! No wonder people don't have any respect for tigers in captivity. An inbreeding program just to keep tigers white is plain stupid especially when it causes that many genetic defects and problems. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Blessed Be, Angelique