White Tigers - Cruelty NOT Conservation.

White Tigers do not exist in the wild, they are purposefully inbred in captivity to meet the demand of the paying public. The kind of severe inbreeding that is required to produce the mutation of a white coat also causes a number of other defects in these big cats.

The same gene that causes the white coat causes the optic nerve to be wired to the wrong side of the brain, thus all white tigers are cross eyed, even if their eyes look normal. They also often suffer from club feet, cleft palates, spinal deformities and defective organs.

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[Zachmacf]

What happens if a white tiger is breed with a naturally colored tiger? What's the offspring like?

[BigCatRescue]

@Zachmacf It depends on the genetics of the individual tigers, whether or not they have the recessive gene that cause the white color etc...

[heislukos]

20 years? Forgive me if this sound contrary (don't mean to) but where does that number come from?

[BigCatRescue]

@heislukos Leading experts have estimated that if the rate of poaching continues this is how long tigers have in the wild before they are gone forever...

[101FallingRock]

Is it me or does Zabu like stalking the camera's a lot? Most of the time I see her in vid's that it usually what she seems like she's doing.

[BigCatRescue]

@101FallingRock You're right, she doesn't like me (the camera guy), well it's 50/50 so I can often get shots of her stalking and pouncing at me!

[BanWolfHunting]

Thanks, BCR, for sharing this important information about white tiger inbreeding. I think I first learned about it through your posts several years ago, and have been trying to spread the word every since. Unfortunately places like Six Flags Discovery Kingdom still have white tigers (along with other animals) and in their show, say nothing about the inbreeding problem. I hope more people seeing this video will share it and get things changed.

[BigCatRescue]

@whitetiger769 Well, we disapprove of keeping wild animals as "pets", luckily this was banned in the UK in 1976 so they do not have the problem that USA does.

[NevermindE13]

@Zachmacf Normal tiger is born. Not white.

[NEWSH0UNDS]

the tiger at 2:25 looked so funny. I say inbred more like that.

[Zachmacf]

@Gnarnical I personally think an enclosed area is just fine if it mimics their natural habitat. In fact, animals in captivity often live longer, so it's acceptable if they are treated well. Also, big cat rescue take care of many cats that are recovering or have not experience in the wild. Zabu was born in a zoo, and has no experience in the wild. On top of which, they said themselves that their white fur makes it hard for them to catch prey by surprise. Zabu is probably best off in captivity.

[Gnarnical]

Shouldn't wild animals, you know, live in the wild? Natural habitats? That looks like an enclosed area if you ask me, and no way would a tiger or a lion or any animal that belongs in the wild want to live anywhere near humans (naturally), unless they wanted to eat us.

[Zachmacf]

@Cheekyiggy21 It's not that they're sick, it's that they are being inbreed. I don't actually know much about this subject, but supposedly they end up picking up more bad genes then good genes from it.

[cheekyiggy21]

Oh by the way.... Are tigers better than lions? Thanks

[cheekyiggy21]

Wait.... We're suppose to let white tigers die out cause their sick! And save healthy orange tigers! Why can't you just save both of them! Nobody wants orange tigers to die out nor white tigers!

[JFSMotherland]

snow tigers are real theese are inbred sadly...they are so beatiful