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from wiki - White tigers are individual specimens of the ordinary tiger (Panthera tigris), with a genetic condition that causes paler colouration of the normally orange fur (they still have black stripes). Contrary to popular belief, white tigers are not albinos; true albino tigers would have no stripes. The stripeless white tigers known today only have very pale stripes. There is, in fact, no evidence of true albinisms in modern tigers.
FEROCIOUS felines Tschuna and Daseep have helped make history at Dudley Zoo.
The two female tigers arrived in the Black Country, having been transferred all the way from Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany.
Fifteen-month-old Amur tiger Tschuna and 14-month-old Daseep, a Sumatran, were transported into the big cat enclosure by crane in a manoeuvre that involved more than a dozen senior keeping staff.
They were the first double entry into the enclosure in the zoo’s 75-year history and took almost a year of negotiations between keepers across Europe.
Zoo chief executive Peter Suddock said: “We are over the moon with the new girls, they are beautiful. It is wonderful to see them, and hopefully within the next year we will have a male to carry on our breeding programme.”
Just caught this tiger at the Jacksonville Zoo a while ago. For post processing info, check out my short blog at www.digitalladysyd.com/?p=4592.
They tossed hard hats with some sort of foodstuff (presumably raw meat) in bags into the tiger exhibit.
given the opportunity this tiger would have eaten many of us, particularly the loud and small ones - 'tiger' On Black - - "he's staring at you beavis!"
Sloth Bear family (Melursus ursinus), mother with two babies fighting off a tiger in the dry forests of Ranthambhore national park
The parter of Indah ♀
Khunde ♂, Sumatran tiger from Fuengirola zoo in Spain (Former "El nuevo protagonista del zoo de Fuengirola") @ Ueno zoological gardens in Tokyo, Japan
Sumatran Tiger
Status in the wild: Critically Endangered
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I visited the 4 tiger cubs again today. As last time, some of the cubs were a bit too curious and slipped through the bars of the cage, so they had to be brought back to their mother by the keepers...
In the 1940s the Amur tiger was on the brink of extinction, with no more than 40 tigers remaining in the wild. Thanks to vigorous anti-poaching and other conservation efforts by the Russians with support from many partners, including WWF, the Amur tiger population recovered and has remained stable throughout the last decade or so.
But poaching of tigers and its prey, increased logging and construction of roads, forest fires and inadequate law enforcement are threats that affect the survival of the species.
WWF, in partnership with Russian authorities and other NGOs, is helping establish an ecological network of protected areas (Econet) to secure well-connected habitat for the Amur tiger, funds anti-poaching patrols in the Russian Far East and supports an ungulate recovery programme. WWF is collaborating with the Russian authorities and other partners in the recent survey of Amur tigers.
Thanks to conservation efforts, including by WWF, the population now numbers 431–529 individuals. This population is the largest unfragmented tiger population in the world.
The subspecies is restricted to the Sikhote-Alin range in the Primorski and Khabarovski provinces of the Russian Far East, and possibly to small pockets in the border areas of China and North Korea.
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Toronto Zoo, Ontario, Canada - Vignette/Picnik
Photo taken through Glass!
White Tigers
White tigers are very rarely found in the wild. In about 100 yeas only 12 white tigers have been seen in the wild in India. They are almost extinct and most of the ones living are in captivity, mostly in zoos. This specific tiger is neither an albino nor a seperate subspecies of the tiger. They are beautifully white colored and have black stripes. It has blue eyes and a pink nose. It also has white colored fur. The white tiger is born to a bengal tiger that has the gene needed for white coloring. A pure white tiger has no stripes and are totally white.
Pristine wildness !
The striking white coat is caused by a double recessive allele in the genetic code, and only turns up naturally about once in every 10,000 births. Amazingly, the Bengal tiger is the only subspecies in which it seems to happen. As beautiful as it may look, life as a white tiger can't be easy when your life depends on being able to hide from and/or sneak up on things.
Habitat & Range: Tigers usually stay in an area from about 10 to 30 square miles where there is enough prey, cover/shelter and water to support them. Territory actually depends on the amount of prey that is available. The more concentrated the prey the smaller an area a tiger needs to survive.
Life span: White tigers in the wild live to be about 10 to 15 years while tigers in zoos usually live between 16 and 20 years.
Diet: Tigers do not hunt in social groups like lions. They are generally solitary animals. In the wild, tigers will eat pig, cattle and deer. They can eat as much as 40 pounds of meat at one time! After such a big meal a tiger will not eat again for several days. White Tigers have 30 large teeth ranging from 2.5 to 3 inches.
Caring for Young: Tigers are generally solitary animals, except when caring for their young. Tigers keep their young with them for 2 or 3 years until the young tigers can fend for themselves.
Fascinating facts about white tiger:
- The White Tiger is a good swimmer, but a very poor climber.
- They may be slow runners, but they are stealthy enough to catch any prey in their sights.
- Because they are solitary animals, they hunt mostly at night
- White tigers are born to - - Bengal tigers that carry an unusual gene needed for white coloring.
- The other four sub-species of tiger are Siberian, South China, Indochinese, and Sumataran. There are only approximately 5,000 to 7,400 tigers left in the wild.
Status: At the beginning of this century it is estimated that there were 100,000 wild tigers, today the number is less than 8,000. Simply put, tigers are disappearing in the wild. The main threats to tigers are poaching, habitat loss and population fragmentation.