Why captive Bengals are smaller than Wild Bengals?

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I deleted some latest postings (3), @Roberto your posting had nothing to do with this thread really, when discussion is about physical differences between wild and captive Bengal tigers. @Dennis when you reply to someone try to have something to say there. As a new poster if you think, that someone else know nothing about certain animals, have some reasoning for your own opinion too.

When talking about healthiness of captive tigers, matter isn´t something so simple as good and bad. When captive tigers are known to live longer than wild ones, of course it can be said, that in certain ways they are healthier than wild ones. Especially in places, where people really care and they get good medical care. 

It´s then again totally different thing, that do they live as tigers are meant to live and is their quality of life as it should be, no matter how good they are treated what comes to medical care. What is mental state of a big cat living in some enclosure etc. when comparing to wild ones living as they have been evolved to live.

In this there can be different opinions with different reasoning. Thread is about reasons why captive Bengal tigers are smaller than wild ones, focusing to reasons for that is the best way to keep things civilized.

@Roberto  since you were just in heated debate and breaking forum rules, you get now banned for 2 weeks since again putting posting with nothing to do with this thread really (also before this breaking rules more than once). Think if you really want to be here in future, if in this situation again, ban will be permanent @Kingtheropod  you were in that same debate with @Roberto and also breaking rules. Since you have been otherwise ok, no ban. But next time, when same kind of situation, report to mods, don´t do same yourself. This should be fair warning. Reply