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......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

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