Lets Just face this, well Hybrids are in zoos, and all you animal lovers that do not belive in putting down a healthy animal should realize that the Animal is there and should be given a good life until they die, when they die they should not be replaced by another hybrid, but by another spieces that needs conservation work, also, if a hybrid animal comes in they should not replace any purebred animal in the wildlife park, but to sustane them, build them there own enclosure
Ligers and other hybrids
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taun
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No one on here has said they should be put down, everyone has stated they would like them to be phased out.
It should not be hard to phase these animals out given 20 years and no irresponsible breeding. Just a shame that there are places in this world that will breed them
zoogiraffe
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Also if there is a demand then people will bred them to make money so as long as circuses in Japan want an act with Ligers in then somebody out there will be happy to provide them with what they want!
Sun Wukong
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@Cat-Man: I start to wonder in what dreamworld You're living in...
a)"but to sustane them, build them there own enclosure" as if a zoo with the typical limitation of money and space each zoo faces would do that...
b)"definatley in the future of are zoos" If we talk of serious, modern zoos, I very much doubt that any of these is going to deliberately breed and exhibit big cat hybrids in the near future. The time of Hagenbeck-like breeding experiments is over.
Roadside animal shows and institutions like "Jungle Island" are, however, another matter...
c) "the largest cat that has ever lived" I would be more careful when citing such speculative, "catchy" superlatives...
Who knows what comes next-and what huge feline bones palaeontologists are going to to dig up one day...
a)"but to sustane them, build them there own enclosure" as if a zoo with the typical limitation of money and space each zoo faces would do that...
b)"definatley in the future of are zoos" If we talk of serious, modern zoos, I very much doubt that any of these is going to deliberately breed and exhibit big cat hybrids in the near future. The time of Hagenbeck-like breeding experiments is over.
Roadside animal shows and institutions like "Jungle Island" are, however, another matter...
c) "the largest cat that has ever lived" I would be more careful when citing such speculative, "catchy" superlatives...
Who knows what comes next-and what huge feline bones palaeontologists are going to to dig up one day...I have mixed views regarding hybrids and 'unusual' colour forms. There are certainly some valid points mentioned in some of the previous posts but one aspect that I find quite interesting concerns the ability of these 'freaks' to draw the crowds. Here in the UK most collections rely solely on the gate for the income. It therefore seems logical that the amount of money a collection receives from admissions will have a direct bearing on how much cash they can release to support in situ conservation work. If a liger / tigon / white whatever can bring in extra visitors and raise extra money, shouldn't they therefore be viewed as potentially beneficial? I would hazard a guess that the average visitor does not decide to help tiger conservation (as an example) because of the colour of the tiger in front of them, or because its parents were different species. I often here the argument that these animals 'take up valuable enclosure space' that could be more appropriately used for a pure bred animal but i'm not overly sure that this is a valid argument. To my knowledge, the various tiger studbooks contain animals that are, in effect, genetically redundant, either due to age, genetic over representation, or studbook mismanagement in the past (as in the Asian Lion studbook where one of the founders was discovered to be a hybrid). Surely these animals are also taking up valuable space? Many people are quite happy to see these as they represent a (hopefully!) pure species / sub species, but will angrily denounce a money spinning hybrid. The reality of conservation is that we need money to make it happen - maybe a display of ligers with appropriate interpretation is one way of approaching the problem.
Vulpes
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Well said!
why to add the king cheetah, it's a mutation true, but not as through bred as the white tiger, plus no mixing of subspecies in this case.
It has been hyped in the past, but for me this one isnt on the same level as the white tiger and not at all at the same level as ligers and tions.
It has been hyped in the past, but for me this one isnt on the same level as the white tiger and not at all at the same level as ligers and tions.
taun
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But most zoos don't select a certain type for breeding. They are the same animal no matter what the colour of there coat it!
