Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

[Amnon242]

(07-20-2017, 07:19 PM)Apollo Wrote: @Amnon242 

Where are these private breeding centers and zoos getting there Bengals from.
India is not giving any bengals to any private centers.
Im not sure whether studbook bengals on species protection programs are being shared with private breeding centers.
Is there is any proper genetic study on these centers for the purity of these tigers.
Ive seen people saying smaller tigers to be bengals eventhough its amurs, mixed breeds, indochinese etc.
In the old days the tigers taken from sunderbans region and the indochinese tigers were labelled Bengals.
Im pretty sure they are not purebred bengals.

Wild Bengal male weights were been underestimated.
As per modern scientific data. Wild subadult bengal males are reaching 225 kgs generally let alone adult males.

White tigers are bengals and they are quite common....

And I think his opinion could be also based on the fact, that bengal tigers (wild) really are around 200 kg...ok, perhaps 210 kg or so...we did not discuss this problem that much... Reply