The powerful White Tiger
After reading your comments and emails I decided to write a special post for another type of big cat, the White Tiger. As I said here I love animals and I get angry every time I read about stupid people who torture animals.
Regarding the white tiger, as well as the white lion I did some research and found out that these white cats are not albinos. Also albino people are very much different from albino wild cats.
“The white lion is occasionally found in wildlife reserves in South Africa and is a rare color mutation of the Kruger subspecies of lion (Panthera leo krugeri). It has been perpetuated by selective breeding in zoos around the world. White lions are not a separate subspecies and they have never been common in the wild” – Wikipedia
The only thing that bothers me is why on Earth would people want to see mutant tigers like the one in the pictures above? Why do they torture animals like that?
Note: all the pictures are taken from the Internet (again, thank you Google!). If some of the pictures belong to you, please let us know at webmaster at lolosad dot com and we’ll make sure to give you the credit.
Thank you for your time!
February 14th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Hate those people.
Leave the nature the way that God made it.
February 16th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
You are retarded, these animals are not being tortured. Its a natural genetic mutation, one that happens to ruin their camouflage, which is why they are rare. See its kinda freaking hard to sneak up on your prey when you stick out like a sore thumb. So the fact that people are keeping these big guys in zoos/preserves is a good thing they are giving them a shot at life that they may not have had otherwise. But don’t get me wrong I cant stand outright animal abuse….but thats not what I see going on here.
February 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Well Joe, no one is retarded. Obviously you don’t know how some things work in some natural parks.
When I talked about torture I was referring to the unhappy tiger who is a mutant, I wasn’t talking about their different color of hair. Are you sure you read the intro right?
Genetic mutations are frequent among many species of animals but that doesn’t mean people have the right to do play with genes the same way nature does.
Got it now?
Thanks for your time here!
February 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I WOULD have no problem with preserving the white tigers/lions in captivity IF it didn’t require such inbreeding, which is probably what lead to the above mutation. Then again, similar problems are being faced with other animals such as the Cheetah; so I don’t really know how I feel about it. Part of me thinks that such inbreeding and limited genetic pooling is horrible and dangerous…but then again… humans are a huge reason for (some) animals near-extinction…so other than getting people to actually stop poaching..how do we solve this problem??
I rambled a little..but you get my point. Captive breeding with endangered/rare animals…..good or bad?
February 17th, 2008 at 3:07 am
hey, how come that first tiger picture looks funny? you said it’s tortured? what happened to it and where is it located? you didn’t clarify that picture and I was curious as it looks a little strange.
February 17th, 2008 at 4:24 am
so, i assume you have a problem with dog breeders too? If it weren’t for them we wouldn’t have all the kinds we have today.
February 17th, 2008 at 8:02 am
I’m still waiting for “cat-dog”
February 17th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I don’t have any problem with dog breeders, although there are people breeding dogs just for fun, to see what comes out of that. (I know a few and I think it’s dreadful!)
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
White tigers are a natural genetic mutation. It is not totally uncommon to fin d a white tiger among a natural litter in the wild. It just happens. It’s not due to the big bad human.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
To Rynniex,
The Cheetah (& I can’t remember exactly when it was – but a long time ago) was SO near extinction that there were only 11 left in the world. None of them were placed in captivity & they bred to themselves & eventually re-populated. As majestic as they are, their self-imposed inbreeding left their immune system weak, but they hung out there in the big wilderness.
Like I said, I don’t remember the year of this statistic, but I learned it by watching Discovery, or some other Learning Channel, several years ago, so the details, other than what was mentioned above, is hazy.
All the animals, to me, are beautiful above, the one that looks mutated, I would actually like to look into that, it’s a severe mutation with the crooked teeth and the protruding brow, something you would expect to see on a Neanderthal, or perhaps some other ancient creature, not in today’s world.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I also wanted to mention that I find it VERY interesting that a cat would dive underwater to catch it’s prey, but it’s not impossible.
Recently my daughter and I have been watching Orangutan Island, a show of rescued orphaned Orangutans. One Orangutan orphan, out of curiousity, picked up a catfish from the water, clubbed it and ate it. The others did the same with their curiousity. Orangutans are herbivores not omnivores, so this behaviour is odd for them, but having no parent to teach them otherwise may be the reason for this odd behaviour. Another interesting feat is that Orangutans are solitary animals, yet these orphans have learned to live in groups and communities.
I would like to know if that particular cat is a water lover & discovered prey under the water, or if that cat was taught to swim & hunt in the water.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Katrina : The pictures with the tiger diving in the water for it’s prey are obviously taken in a park or some Zoo. In nature it’s impossible to find a pool looking like that. Those pictures were send to me by a good friend that is a huge big cat lover (he’s a teacher and a couple of weeks ago he had a lesson about tigers and big cats and he found the pictures, don’t know where).
Thank you for your time here and thank you for making some things clear for us!
March 10th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/8/3172
The cheetah bottleneck happened 10,000 years ago, it probably had little to do with man.
March 18th, 2008 at 8:06 am
For those who want to know, the first pic is NOT a tortured tiger or deformed or anything. That is a liger, the offspring of a tiger and a lion. They are very rare, and don’t occur often in the wild. The reason this one is in a zoo is probably because it was born there, and they don’t survive well in the wild. So in reality, there is protecting going on here, not torture. I hate animal cruelty, but I hate ignorance more.
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April 24th, 2008 at 4:30 am
What about albino or leucistic penguins? So you have anything about them?????
May 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
i think that we should not make fun of these poor creatures they have the same right as us
May 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Actually, the first animal isn’t a liger. It is a white tiger who has a brachycephalic face like a bulldog. You generally get deformities like this as a result of inbreeding. Bulldog breeders capitalized on the mutation and created a whole breed from it. On a big cat it does look very strange. Rewati, the first white tigress born in the USA, was crosseyed and showed inbreeding depression in terms of health and fertility.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Actually, the animal is not a liger, but a white tiger. The very shortened jawed condition is called brachycephalic. The bulldog looks like it does because of a similar mutation. But for an animal that must hunt for a living this condition would be devastating. It is highly unlikely this cat would survive in the wild with restricted breathing, lower heat tolerance, and a coat that stands out like that. Facial deformities are often a form of inbreeding depression. Rewati, the first white tigress born in the USA, was crosseyed and low in vitality and fertility due to inbreeding depression.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
AWH, they are so CUTE!! and not being tortured they’re basically protecting them cuz they can’t survive with their color, and I mean it’s not like they hit them with whips, now that’s torturing.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Atleast whoever posted these pics cares about something other than materialistic sweatshop made products, and the person who called them a retard is messed up, my brother is schiczophrenic jackass, how about you take the name calling to elementary school jerk.
And there are other forms of torture other that pain and whipping things, white tigers DO occur in wild rarely, but yes they are made in the wild and in captivity. But that is a mutation that can’t exactly be controlled in nature, but a Liger? that is a little overboard, lets save the animals, not make more to extinct.
But the dog breeder comment is a gooood point, Man started with wild dogs and we domesticated them and bred them and eventually inbred them until we got the thousands of breeds we have today, not too much different than your tiger/lion inbreeding is cruel point huh?
June 4th, 2008 at 9:08 am
hey you know what you did steal those pics but it doesnt matter at least some people care about the tigers
June 5th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
well tzo if yu wuud click an the picture it says that the tiger is deformed…yur not very smart…duh
June 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
If a white tiger cant live on its own in the wild then why can one be born white in a litter out in the wild? Before many white Tigers were captured in the wild and also hunted because of how rare they were. I believe animals shouldnt be traped in cages for peoples pleasure of viewing. the only time an animal should be captured is if their population is started to decrease to quickly and it needs some help to repopulate.
Thanks for hearing me out and sorry if you dont agree.
Jc
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June 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
The entire captive white tiger population is descended from a single white tiger, that is why they are so prone to genetic defects. The gene that causes the white coat is recessive so the only way to get white tigers is through close and repeated inbreeding. Most the white tiger cubs bred are destroyed because of physical defects; only a few are suitable for display. That is where the abuse comes in – dozens of cubs have to be bred and discarded to get even one “useable” tiger.
See http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/white_tigers.htm for more information
June 27th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
The first picture is actually a white liger, which is the main reason for deformities, yes white tigers would not survive in the wild and it is a genetic defect, but major deformities can occur when lions and tigers are bread, as ligers are missing the gene that tells them to stop growing, this causes them to out grow their organs and bones.
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 am
Theses tigers are being tortured… most of them are used in displays to attract peoples attention ie dreamworld shows. These white tigers are taken away from their mothers when they are just born and raised by humans so they are used to human contact. These mutated tigers only live for as little as 2 years because most born have some form of brain damage or missing chromosomes. Most born infact 80% of white tigers born look like the top 2 photos shown on this page,which means the other 20% are killed because humans have no use for them. We cannont keep breeding white tigers because it is not only immoral but it is ruining the tiger gene diversity and will make another sub species of tiger that we do not need. So next time you see a beautiful white tiger think it is one of the lucky 20% of them that do not look like the top pictures.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
i feel sorry for the deformed one.i agree with julia.she makes a good point.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Hi the first Tiger displayed is named Kenny asnd he has lived at the Turpinetine Creek animal refuge in Eureeka Springs Ark. I have been his adoptive “parent” for several years. He is not liger or the pics of him are not retouched or altered as I have heard somewhere. He is the product of selective inbreeding desined to increase the incidence of a white tiger. He has recently died due to a tumour. He was very gentile and loving. He will be very missed by all who loved him.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hi
Sorry for the typos in the above, (I had to type this on the run )
November 18th, 2008 at 1:58 am
My opinion on this is its absolutely terrible.I just recently learned about this and right the white tiger is a beautiful animal however not always a successful project. It’s not the inbreeding part that is so wrong despite it being pretty bad its the outcome of what happens. The tigers can be faced with skoliosis, deformity, cross-eyed, inability to reproduce and many other defects. And however this tiger isnt just the only one that as been knwon to have such defects. There im sure have been many others but with such conditions have not been cared for enough to be put onto public display and instead possibly killed or put into the cruel exotic animal market. If breeding is done to increase a dwindling population such as a polar bear or something like that do it wisely and not out of for other’s enjoyment. Forceful imbreeding is just honestly the cruelty and ignorant project of humans. Why should we always have a choice and they don’t? Not everything has to be used for science or entertainment.
November 21st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
In my opinion it isn’t torture like some of you said i think that breeding them for that sort of look is cruelty, but what you said is true that they are protecting them from the horrible people who kill them in west Africa for there rare fur.
November 21st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Go veggie save the planet
November 21st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
WTF! Why is admin such a fuckin retard!
November 21st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
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November 21st, 2008 at 6:58 pm
So sorry I said that, just got a little angry. I am personally a vegan and choose to be because the treatment of animals. I have rabbits and like many of you despise animal abuse. It can be prevented and it is very sad that they have to go through this:-(.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Julia is a fuckin retard go to college!
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:45 am
we human can make food but as nature provide them they r leaving but only human r disturbing them.
except human animals know the princple of life yo enjoy it
December 20th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I think breeding white tigers in captivity should be illegal. It’s cruel to breed animals when you know there is a great chance of severe disability. Not to mention the fact that inbred tigers can be especially unpredictable.
Also, white tigers only very rarely(if ever now) occur in the wild. These tigers aren’t being “protected” they are being bred specifically to get the white coat.
Ligers/Tigons don’t occur naturally in the wild either, the tiger and lion habitats don’t overlap, The Asiatic Lion does live in India but they are very few in number and their territory does not overlap the Tiger areas, so it is almost impossible for a liger/tigon in the wild.
To Rabbit Boy: Tigers don’t and never have lived in Africa. Don’t tell other people to go to college when you don’t even know that Tigers don’t live in f’ckin Africa….geez
February 4th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Black tigers and Blue tigers are even more rare i don’t see anyone makeing a big deal about those.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Hey, I did a little reasch and learned a couple things. I don’t think that when they 1st started breeding tigers that they knew about what they were doing or even hardly anything about this hurting them. I belive that the world is just starting to relize how crul crossbreading and inbreeding really is.
February 25th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
How common is this? The tiger is 1 in 1000s, humans also have deformations every so often. They are looked at and judged, just like the poor tiger. Does this make it right? No but its the sad way of life
September 5th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
How many of you actually worked in a zoo , how do you know if they kill off the non display animals. True some zoos need reformation but I’ve been behind the scenes of SeaWorld and Houston zoo and those are the most happy animals I have ever seen. They get toys and food fit for a five star restaurant. They also fix all animals to prevent inbreeding , females might be breed with the same male a couple times but their offspring are NEVER allowed to breed with each other . Instead they use artificial insemination from other zoos or rescued males from the wild. As far as that mutated picture goes its genetics how can you tell it was a human if you do not know where it came from. I’ve traveled allot and seen good zoos and bad but the white tiger is one of the most popular animals in the world people want them and no matter how silly it is to breed just for color there really is nothing you can do about it. And animal abuse can be prevented but there is worse than the idea of a pretty tiger , look at the cats and dogs with terrible owners that you actually have the power to save. Thank you for your time.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
WELL GUESS WHAT!?!?!? its a fact if life. if these poor creatures were realy supposed to survive in the wild they would be doing it themselves!!! i love the poor things but it is unfair that because of captive insest breeding the darlings need to live like that!! really!! its horrible!!!
October 4th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I do agree that the white gene for tigers is a genetic mutation but it doesn’t always end up in them all having severe conditions and diseases. I don’t believe it is a bad thing to allow these white tigers to breed. Preventing them from breeding could techinically be called going against nature as those tigers choose who they mate with (unless of course they are artificially inseminated.
If this was compared to with humans, there would be no question in allowing us to “breed” even when we have genetic mutations. People that are carriers of the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis are still allowed to have children even though there is a 1 in 4 chance their child will have cystic fibrosis. Older couples are still allowed to have children, either naturally or via IVF, even though the kid will have a lot higher chance of getting Down’s Syndrome.
The white tiger gene is just a recessive mutation. If a cub is born which has the white gene again, so be it. Deal with the consequences. It doesn’t mean they won’t have a happy life. People with Down’s, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy can all have happy lives with their conditions so why can’t the tiger?
This is all. Peace out.
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January 17th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
these poor animals i wish there was something i could do for them
January 31st, 2010 at 10:08 am
i went to melbourne zoo last year for school trip. i dont remember the finer details but the tiger staff explained that people inbreed the tigers to increase the chances of getting the two recessive genes to pair up and create more white tigers for profit.
when a mutated tiger is born like the photo at top of page (not having go at arch sayin he is bad person, just that the people who bred tigers like kenny should be stopped because he was bred for his coat) instead of euthanisin the tiger and ceasing their breeding project the people keep the poor tigers (that are often kept in horrific conditions) alive for further breeding.
this is cruel and inhumane. while i understand white tigers occur in the wild, i believe that humans purposely breeding them for the white coat which often results in painful and delapidating deformities for the tiger is barbaric and cruel.
there was an organisation i donated to which is tryin to prevent this insanity. will post it.
leave the white tigers to occur as a natural miracle. it is their rarity that makes them so beautiful. just like diamonds.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:43 am
what they are doing to these animals can be barbaric they need to stop before something else goes wrong
February 12th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I am saddened by so much of what I hear about how animals are being treated. We have to take care of them. Someone I know established a web site to try to inform about puppy mills in his region. Every Last little piece helps.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
wat is up with that first lions pictures he is so ugly no ffense but he look a mess i care for animals but he is just soo dman ugly like what the hell fixs his face ewwwww but i guess yall love him so i dont car but he ugly to me
February 21st, 2010 at 5:33 am
I see your point…
These mutant tigers are suffering quite a bit from inbreeding and that needs to be stopped. Nature makes normal tigers beautiful so why ruin it?
March 25th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
hey who cares if white tigers area little cross eyed they (to me) look better than the regular tiger !!!
April 10th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
I had no idea about where white tigers cam from until a few weeks ago, and I just happened by it one day on the internet. I was looking at pictures of white tigers and thinking about how beautiful they are, and then I seen one that was really deformed. It made me so sad. I am a huge animal lover, and I’m all about saving animals on the brink of extinction. But the way the make white tigers is terrible!! What makes the people that imbreed theses rare white tigers think they can do it? It’s horrible. Did you know that about 80% of white tiger cubs born die, either from birth defects or by being killed by breeders because they are deformed? It’s the most horrible thing I’ve ever heard! And ALL white tigers are cross eyed, whether it shows or not, because the gene that causes the white coat always causes the optic nerve to be wired to the wrong side of the brain. It makes me so sad to see the pictures of these tigers, whether they are deformed or not. Because I know how they are made now, and I am NOT ok with it. People shouldn’t mess with nature just because they think something so rare is beautiful. They should think about how these tigers will have to live their lives. Most have such profound birth defects, such as immune deficiency, scoliosis of the spine (distorted spine), cleft palates, mental impairments and grotesquely crossed eyes that bulge from their skull that only a small percentage are suitable for display. It’s so bad, and we all should be doing something to stop this.
I got all of my information from this site: http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/692566 The article is called: The White Tiger: A Man Made Creature And Suffering, it was written by Moze Lee. Go there for more information, and I’m sure after you read the article you will feel the same way I do.
May 21st, 2010 at 7:29 pm
i just read the article (written on the website where the piture was from) about the mutated tiger. white tigers arent natural. theyre a manmade creation caused by severe inbreeding (ex.: father to daughter or mother to son). and every single white tiger is cross eyed.
July 27th, 2010 at 1:10 am
omg i love these pictures these animals are so amazing and beautiful and cute i so wont 1 but i can lol i love these picturs arghhhhhhhh
September 17th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Joe– you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. It MAY be natural but it is perpetuated for human entertainment/zoos by INBREEDING. That is why that tiger turned out so mutated! In nature, tigers would not mate with their own siblings/parents. This is 100% the result of human intervention and it is WRONG. Same with purebred dogs and cats for pets– look into it, it will gross you out.
November 10th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
ha ha ha lolige
November 15th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
i love the white tigers and the normal one anyway i love all kind of tigers and all big cats . we know that some people they abuse all kinds of animals in deffrant ways!
and we have to know that Its a natural genetic mutation, so god made them but human use the genetic and they start breading this animal, yes first one its from the nature, its bangali tiger and then they staret the breading. always the breading should be from the family all white tigers they have eyes problomes, its genetic !! but at the same time its nice to see and have something like the white tigers but if the place which they got this animals gives them the best life so why not!!! comoon people are everywhere growing every day more and more, people are killing animals, killng lands, killing the sea life, killing the weather and them self, so just we are thinkeing of this animals, go to africa and see what happend and happening to the lands there go to ausia north and south amrica, from east to west, north to south animals daying becouse of the humans the whole earth daying becuose of us !! and at the end we are tallking about the white tigers breading !! doood if i have a chance i ll get them and i will pot them in nice place !! i have my own lions and wolves, i done my best to save them after i got them from bad places !! i love them so what i going to do i bought them and i am keeping them with me and if i see something like the white tigers in bad hands i will take them as wel or i will tray to send them to somewhere good !! my friends all animals need peice but from where they will get the peice some country they are doing their best to save this animals but the world has been cheanged!! and every day is cheanging more and more !! so whats wrong to get the white tigers or lions as pets !! they going to be pets soon or later everything are happining in this world so why not !!((((White tigers and white lions are not a separate subspecies and they have never been common in the wild” –)))) so what !! what we going to do with that ! people they will bread them in zoo or out of the zoo ! we do our best to save the animals albino or latino or whatever we have look after them if we done the greading or we have them in the zoo or anywhere, i hate some peaple which they bread the ligers and the tigons thats to bad becouse the animal not gana stay for long or have a normal life !! sorry but everyone has his own openions and sorry about my wirittings i know its bad
December 14th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
That “mutant” tiger that you speak of was a very happy tiger named Kenny. He lived out a wonderful happy life. While it is a genetic mutation due to inbreeding of his mother with her brother, Kenny had the same instincts, capabilities and attitude as any other tiger that lives in captivity. Not to mention that Kenny was rescued so that he could live out a happy “tiger” life. Check your facts before you write things such as a “mutant cat being tortured.” Kenny was loved, well taken care of, very happy and is continued to be honored after passing away from Melanoma!
January 28th, 2011 at 4:02 am
I think somebody is exaggerating a little bit.
Mutations are modifications that happen in nature.
Many people are accustomed t consider the word “mutation” with a negative meaning, when instead a mutation is only a change. A change can be positive or negative depending if it generates an animal that is surviving better or not.
A white tiger is not a deformity coming from a “normal” lion, as well as a black panther is not a deformed “normal” leopard.
It is only an attempt of the nature to find a better match with the habitat.
There are many areas in Asia covered of snow. A white tiger is better adapted than a common tiger to survive in those areas.
A black panther is better adapted than a common leopard to live in dark jungles.
The reason why they are rare is only that the perfect habitat for common tigers is wider than the one for white tigers. If Asia became colder and covered of snow, we would have more white tigers than “orange” ones, because they would be harder to see for their preys.
What zoos are doing is clearly for getting visitors. They try to have interesting animals, so the people goes to see.
But they don’t do only with white tigers or lions. They do with almost all animals. Many animals we can see in the zoos nowadays are not coming directly from the wild but are born in other zoos. So, what about common brown bears or penguins?
And, if we think that white tigers, white lions or black panthers, black jaguars, etc are not a deformity, but a different and natural fur color ( like in human race we have white, black, yellow, people ), what zoos are doing is trying to keep them alive.
February 1st, 2011 at 9:27 pm
I love white tigers! They are so beautiful! However if they are being mistreated I will be mad. I don’t know much on the subject could somebody fill me in or put a link to a good white tiger website? Thanks
February 5th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
they dont completely loose their camoflage siberian tigers do live around snow too, thats why that genetic code still exist cuz its not completely useless and they get fed everyday and captive bred tigers never live in the wild so if you were to release one of the tigers from the zoo chances are with out the proper rehabilation they would die in the wild
February 5th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
and jenna zoo’s get tigers from other zoo’s when they breed, they dont breed like hamsters in a pet store, they get a male or female from another zoo to avoid inbreeding your acting like zoo’s dont know anything about animals or animal husbandry
February 20th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
how long is discussion can you guys just live in peace the animal is were it is there is nothing you can do about it might already be mutated there is nothing you do about it.
March 20th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
lol to all your replies
April 2nd, 2011 at 12:38 pm
The first white tiger has down syndrome, its probably not tortured. Which should be obvious because its a problem with chromosomes, at least in humans. I don’t know how it happens in animals but i assume there is an extra chromosome, just like in humans. which is a type of mutation but one that cannot be helped. the same thing happens with albino animals, it is a difference in genes, not a mutation. read about punnett squares and get your info straight before you go saying these tigers are tortured and mutated.
April 11th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
People do breed people to get these white tigers, but natural white tigers are rare. It usually happens when a tiger mates with a family member and that causes the baby to be albino? But usually being albino makes you weaker. Oh well. But people breeding these white tigers normally KILL the cubs. It is pretty sad.
April 11th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
because they get deformed and they get destroyed, OR they are killed at birth.
April 13th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Retarded Tigers are adorable.
April 19th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Actually everyone here is wrong. That first tiger is a white tiger with down syndrome named Kenny. Im not joking its a fact.
May 4th, 2011 at 11:21 am
hahahaha down syndrome tiger hahahahaha!