What species of Tiger are found in what UK zoos

there is only one species of tiger. as to what subspecies are found in the UK I do not know precisely but probably not any South Chinese
 
theli0n said:
I just want to what species of Tiger are found in what UK zoos
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I had a look on Zootierliste, and here's what I found:
- One zoo has the Bengal tiger: Wolds Wildlife Park in Horncastle.
- One zoo has the Malayan tiger: Hamertoon Zoo.
- 17 zoos have the Siberian tiger.
- 15 zoos have the Sumatran tiger, though one of those (South Lakes Safari Zoo in Dalton-in-Furness) recently announced they'll be re-homing theirs before the end if this year, so we'll say 14.

None of the other sub-species are kept anywhere in the UK it would seem.
 
How many white tigers are still in the UK? WMSP & BCS are the only places I can think of but unsure how many WMSP currently have?
 
Rohin said:
They don't have pure bred Bengal. The tigers at Wolds are generic.
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Zootierliste has, most unfortunately, been really bad at correcting mistakes like this. For example: I'm still finding "Grant's" zebras, "Reticulated" giraffes, and yes, "Bengal" tigers, on listings for US zoos.

This, in-spite of the fact that none of those subspecies are present in a pure state of the US. They've all been hybridized to hell and back in US zoos.

Plains zebras are a motley mix between Grant's, Burchell's, and Chapman's.

Every giraffe that isn't a Masai by pedigree is a Reticulated and Rothschild's hybrid.

Tigers that aren't Amur, Sumatran, or Malayan are Bengal/Amur crosses.

Zootierliste has been told this multiple times by various ZooChat users, yet they continue to be slow to rectify this.
 
Wisp O' Mist said:
Zootierliste has been told this multiple times by various ZooChat users, yet they continue to be slow to rectify this.
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There is also the problem of people that keep adding the wrong subspecies. All reticulated holdings for the US were removed at one point, but as long as zoos (and their ZIMS listings) continue to use the wrong taxonomy there will always be users who keep adding wrong info.
 
Wisp O' Mist said:
been really bad at correcting mistakes like this. For example: I'm still finding "Grant's" zebras, "Reticulated" giraffes, and yes, "Bengal" tigers, on listings for US zoos.
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Not sure when you last looked, but there are no current reticulate giraffe or Bengal tiger listings on Zootierliste (and I deleted 2 for Rotschildt's), zebras are a different matter, but for European holdings there are also likely a lot of hybrids hiding among all the zebra subspecies...
 
lintworm said:
Not sure when you last looked, but there are no current reticulate giraffe or Bengal tiger listings on Zootierliste (and I deleted 2 for Rotschildt's), zebras are a different matter, but for European holdings there are also likely a lot of hybrids hiding among all the zebra subspecies...
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Wolds was listed as having Bengal tigers when I checked a day or two ago.
 
Daktari JG said:
and all descended from one tiger
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Correct, the first white tiger in captivity was a male named Mohan. He was captured in Maharajah (Now a national park) at the approximate age of nine months. His three typically colored siblings and mother were shot and killed by the very hunting party that brought him into captivity.
 
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