There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
07-13-2014, 09:19 PM( This post was last modified: 07-13-2014, 09:21 PM by GuateGojira )
Sorry for the quality of the picture, but is the only digital version of this book in the web. If you want a better version, you can go to your local library and search "Man eaters of Kumaon" the first and most famous book of Jim Corbett. He, personally, took that pictures and the famous video (that I am unable to found yet), but if Jim Corbett say that this is a white tigress, then IT IS a white tigress. If you don't believe in me, believe in Jim Corbett.
About the genes, you only read the thesis (which I have not read yet), but why you don't read the first document, there is clearly explained that the white gene is natural and most be conserved.
Man have played been God many times, South China tigers are still the best example. However, even if the modern white tigers have only one father, the gene itself can be saved if those tigers would be breed with other orange tigers, managing the gene genetically. I am going deeper in a further post, but first I need to read completely the chapters of "Tigers of the World" in order to explain my self better.
The white gene was present in the wild and many wild white tigers existed, it is our responsibility to save this particular and beautiful variety, after all, humans killed the 90% of the wild Bengal tigers, and with that, the possibility of a natural white tiger. This is not like trying to bring back a mammoth or something like that, this is to conserve a natural wonderful that we manage to destroy in a century. It sounds poetic, but is what I believe.