How many Zoos and Parks in Uk have White Tigers

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Hi can anyone tell me how many Zoos and Parks in the UK have white tigers. I remember seeing the white tigers at Bristol many years ago.
 
Off the top of my head, only two now keep white tigers: Colchester Zoo and the Isle of Wight Zoo. In the former at least, Sasha (the tiger) isn't liable to replaced when he dies.
 
There always seemed to be alot more, unless numbers have gone down over the last few years (unless I saw alot more abroad).

I love white tigers, but I don't agree with them unless they are born 'ethically,' which I don't even know if is possible.
 
Belfast kept White Tiger until there elderly male, Jack died last year. They now have a single male Sumatran
 
Javan Rhino said:
There always seemed to be alot more, unless numbers have gone down over the last few years (unless I saw alot more abroad).

I love white tigers, but I don't agree with them unless they are born 'ethically,' which I don't even know if is possible.
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Though not an expert by any means, I would assume that numbers of white tigers have gone down (or appear to have) because of a shift towards conserving pure species and possibly wider knowledge of the unethical breeding that white tigers are created by (?).

Of course, I'm probably completely wrong on both points :rolleyes:
 
Jacobea said:
Though not an expert by any means, I would assume that numbers of white tigers have gone down (or appear to have) because of a shift towards conserving pure species and possibly wider knowledge of the unethical breeding that white tigers are created by (?).

Of course, I'm probably completely wrong on both points :rolleyes:
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One would hope you are right on both counts; however there are always institutions ready to spit in the soup for the sake of the visitor figures.
 
White tigers

White tigers do contribute to conservation. Millions of dollars have gone to invaluable in-situ conservation off the backs of white tigers. Do not dismiss their influence.
 
Hamerton had a white tiger paired with a normal one when I visited a while ago . Tigers were added to the collection , which comprises mostly unusual species , to attract more visitors .
 
ptig said:
White tigers do contribute to conservation. Millions of dollars have gone to invaluable in-situ conservation off the backs of white tigers. Do not dismiss their influence.
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can you back this up with numbers and sources. I think if the presence of white tigers already raised funds this was mainly for the institutions where they live and still then do the visitor numbers go up because of the presence of a white tiger?

So please let us know which projects benefited from the existence of white tigers.
 
DDcorvus said:
can you back this up with numbers and sources. I think if the presence of white tigers already raised funds this was mainly for the institutions where they live and still then do the visitor numbers go up because of the presence of a white tiger?

So please let us know which projects benefited from the existence of white tigers.
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As a counter question, I wonder how much evidence you could give me of "ordinary" captive tigers being of practical benefit to conservation work.
 
redpanda said:
As a counter question, I wonder how much evidence you could give me of "ordinary" captive tigers being of practical benefit to conservation work.
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I never made the claim that ordinary tigers are of practical benefit of conservation work.
 
I agree with previous comments about the bad breeding programs used in captivity for the white tigers, I have seen some horriffic pictures of cats bred in USA with dreadful deformities. Surely in this day and age and with the number of all tiger species under threat DNA testing could be used to check for the purity of each cat. My understanding is that the White Tiger is a variant of the Orange Bengal Tiger originally from the Rewa part of India.
I'm a fan of all Cats and find it very sad that the beautiful white tigers I saw at Bristol so many years ago are seen as no value today.
 
Ratcatcher said:
I agree with previous comments about the bad breeding programs used in captivity for the white tigers, I have seen some horriffic pictures of cats bred in USA with dreadful deformities. Surely in this day and age and with the number of all tiger species under threat DNA testing could be used to check for the purity of each cat. My understanding is that the White Tiger is a variant of the Orange Bengal Tiger originally from the Rewa part of India.
I'm a fan of all Cats and find it very sad that the beautiful white tigers I saw at Bristol so many years ago are seen as no value today.
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Apparently current white tigers in US are not descendants of Mohan inbreds and are hybrid crosses of other tigers. I think you're beautiful white tigers are an example of dead end evolution being kept alive for visitors despite its obvious ill effects for the tigers.
 
Conservation/ white tigers

Money raised at Dreamworld from having white tigers now totals over 1.3 million AUD. This has gone to FFI project in Sumatran, Phoenix Fund in Russia, Orangutan Project in Sumatra, and 21st Century Tiger.

Feel free to check their website. I firmly believe that the future of tigers is through in-situ conservation and white tigers do have a profile and can raise valuable funds.
 
White Tigers. Meh.

Supposedly, to get a White Tiger, you have to go through several generations of "normal" Tigers, many of which are deformed and then go to fur factories, shooting galleries, or worse, private homes. White Tigers attack more people every year in the US than "normal" Tigers, not that White Tigers are more aggressive, but more private owners have them.

So back to my original statement.

White Tigers... Meh.
 
I did a quick Google search for "White Tiger deformity"

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Edit: No, huh...


I also read this

"White Tigers can ONLY exist in captivity by continual inbreeding, such as father to daughter, brother to sister, mother to son and so forth...
...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. That is why white tigers are such a favorite of the tiger-tamer-wanabees; they are far more dependant upon their masters."

From repticzone.net
 
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