Why captive Bengals are smaller than Wild Bengals?

[Pckts]

(11-10-2019, 11:00 AM)deftcat Wrote:

(11-09-2019, 02:16 PM)Hello Wrote:

(11-08-2019, 11:39 PM)Pckts Wrote: @Hello 
Which Zoo's have you seen Captive Bengals at? 

@Ashutosh 
While I agree that Tigers have and still do suffer immensely, I do think some reserves that are protected now have cats that are back to their prime size.
I think Kanha and Bandhavgarh are perfect example's, their Tigers are massive.

Mysore zoo which works under WAZA,Trivandrum zoo,National zoo in Delhi,.Its a misconception that animals in Indian zoos are malnourished.Here cats and other animals are well fed and most of them has lived more than 18 years.Here is a video which shows how Indian zoos look like.

As you can see the Bengal looks small about 360-370 lbs(guess) and it is the only zoo in India which has African lions.The African looked bigger about 400 lbs

The male in left cage is 16 years old and right one 12.My guess they are around 380-400 lbs

The circus cats are the healthiest from what trainers said, they're healthier than captive cats and wild, living over 20 years many times.

No captive cat will be healthier than a wild cat. They may live longer but that's not because of health but more so to do with the natural threats that come with living in the wild. You can take any wild cat cub and bring it to captivity and it will easily live just as long, probably longer but what kind of life will it actually live?
Circus cats like all other captive cats spend hours in cages and if they're part of traveling circuses, then they also spend hours on the road. A perfect example is BJWT, his circus rescues are always smaller and in worse condition than his hand raised cats.
To compare any captive cat,  circus or zoo to a wild cat is to compare apples to oranges. On top of a wild cat being physically superior they also will be mentally superior. A big cat is meant to hunt not do tricks. They live by survival of the fittest, new genes come in and add another superior quality and this repeats itself time and time again. In captivity there is no superior genes being introduced and this is why you see far more defects in captivity. Reply