that is possibly the last White tiger they had. By the time the cats moved into those enclosures the White Tigers had stopped breeding, I don't think any Whites were born in those enclosures.
even if they had been the last of the important tigers, i doubt they were pure bred anyway, am i right in thinking all white tigers are decedents from 1 individual?
I think that this animal looks different to any white tiger I've ever seen. Never thought a pure Bengal would be this distinctive compared to a hybrid!
I didn't mean cross bread with other sub-species of tiger, I ment inbreeding with there family. If I'm correct in thinking, all white tigers are decendents of 1 undervidual that was found in 1951. I think that he was bread with a tiger with the orange genes, which produced orange cubs, so they then bred him with his daughter and that produced white cubs. But thankyou, when did India stop deporting (sorry, can't think of the right word) Pure bred Bengals to International Collections?
I think that this animal looks different to any white tiger I've ever seen. Never thought a pure Bengal would be this distinctive compared to a hybrid!
There are plenty of old postcards around of the Bristol Zoo White tigers. Being pure Indian tigers, they were both sleeker and shorter -haired, with thinner tails, than the 'modern' whites which have Siberian tiger blood and are much heavier-bodied and shaggy-coated as a result. That is probably what you have noticed about this tiger which was almost certainly their last pure-bred Indian tiger.
