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07-10-2014, 10:09 PM( This post was last modified: 07-11-2014, 01:59 AM by Pckts )
Shouldn't we look at white tigers surviving in the wild the same way we would look at the claim of a 400kg cat?
I know these are valid reports, but to my knowledge the only confirmed white tiger was Mohan, I am not saying these other cats didn't exist, but I would really love to see any images of them. Especially if they reportedly already exist.
I just think we should be as thorough as possible, we've debunked quite a few popular ideas already by being that way.
Gaute- on your point about white bengals in india being 100% pure compared to N. American White tigers.
They are still inbred. They still come from the only white tiger ever known in captivity, then his cubs where used because you need two cats with the same white gene, and so on it went. All white tigers in captivity are inbred and will never be pure. Any tiger they have ever mated with and had cubs with will be the same. I would venture to bet that even regular colored cubs that come from white tigress' still have deformities more often than wild tigers.
Also, when did you hear that Varty was using his cats for canned hunts?
He always preaches against it and documents his cats throughout their life.