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Captive Lion and Tiger weights
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Professor Bettine van Vuuren (Director of the Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation at the University of Johannesburg) supervised the project, and has a public-facing research profile. Perhaps you could try contacting her if you’d like more information about the project?
https://www.molzoolab.co.za/contact.html 
Found this site after searching Google images. Read comments on Craig kenion.
Been a Marwell visitor past 20+ years. Seeing your comment about the guy I checked him out on FB, seeing his pictures I can confirm he worked there although only for about a year, that's around 15 year back
https://www.deviantart.com/adambarefoot/...-148826480
Location: Oaklawn Farm Zoo, Nova Scotia Subject: Rutledge -- Rutledge was born May 28, 1991 to parents Leo and Cleo at Oaklawn Farm Zoo. Rutledge was the largest of the four kittens in his litter. At the age of 4 1/2 he was recognized by Guiness as the world's largest living lion in captivity. He weighed 366 kg (807 lbs) with a shoulder height of 42.5 " and a girth of 70". Rutledge spent his life living in the large lion compound at Oaklawn with his brothers and sisters, some older, some younger. Rultledge passed away on February 3, 2009 just a few months short of 18 years, well beyond the normal life expendency of lions. He will be missed. I
http://idwalagamelodge.blogspot.com/2010...s.html?m=1
210kg lioness sarabi
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Weights of adult pure bred Bengal Tigers from Myrtle Beach Safari
1. Arjun - 540 lbs / 245 kg 2. Sundaram - 550 lbs / 250 kg 3. Maha - 575 lbs / 261 kg 4. Ishta - 600 lbs / 272 kg 5. Don't know his name, but - 600 lbs / 272 kg 6. Kailash - 650 lbs / 295 kg Kailash next to Sundaram - 7. Kumar - 675 lbs / 306 kg 8. Sri - 680 lbs / 309 kg (10-16-2021, 02:16 PM)Khan85 Wrote: Weights of adult pure bred Bengal Tigers from Myrtle Beach Safari @khan85 can you provide the source?
https://www.alamy.com/jassass-a-250-kilo...14672.html
Jassass, a 250 kilogram seven-year-old male lion, and Warda, a six year old female tiger weighing 120 kilograms fight after keepers at Jordan's Zoo cohabitated them in one cage August 30, 2001. Warda turned back Jassass's overtures but the zoo keepers are hopeful that Warda will soon be seduced by Jassass in what they say is one of the few marriages between a lion and a tiger.
I can’t reply directly to Peter’s latest post in the tiger extinction thread, but I wanted to comment on this bit so I’ll do it here:
Quote:Tiger no. 82 in the table is exceptional. The weight (442,4 kg) is reliable, but I don't know if he was very large or a very obese tiger. As he's over 100 kg (221 pounds) heavier than the second heaviest, I decided against using the weight. This, however, doesn't mean it was an imaginary tiger. He's very real. According to 'Betty', who has an extensive database, there are tigers well exceeding 300 kg in Chinese zoos. At least 3 of them are over 400 kg. These exceptional individuals are used for breeding purposes. I think it is reasonable to assume that 400+ kg tigers would be unhealthy animals. At 442kg, this weight actually makes the tiger heavier than Jaipur, the world-record setting tiger who weighed 423kg at the age of 9: *This image is copyright of its original author Jaipur was morbidly obese. As far as I’m aware, no documented healthy captive cat (other than hybrids) has come close to weighing this amount. It’s worth noting that the study that mentioned the 442kg tiger also made these observations about their health-related biomarkers: Quote:AMY is one of the markers most commonly used for diagnosing pancreatic diseases, especially acute pancreatitis (Vissers et al., 1999). In this study, AMY level ranged from 1910 to 3,000 U L−1 with an average value of 2,563.45 U L−1. The AMY level for most tigers was approximately 3,000 U L−1, which could be interpreted as a sign of disease but was most likely related to a high-fat, high-protein or high-carbohydrate dietary (Grossman et al., 1943; Kondo et al., 1988). Quote:As the main parameter of the renal function examination, UREA level in this study was extremely high, and the reason for this was similar to that for the high CREA level (Marco et al., 2000). Dehydration, acute haemorrhage and a series of kidney diseases, such as glomerulonephritis and renal failure, could increase CREA and UREA levels. Incidentally, this is the largest non-obese cat on (verified) record - a litigon called Cubanacan (born in Alipore zoo in India, 1979), who was estimated to weigh around 800 pounds (363kg) at his largest, based on his measured dimensions (1.32m at the shoulder, 3.5m in total length - 1985 Guinness World Record):  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (12-23-2021, 09:10 AM)LandSeaLion Wrote: Incidentally, this is the largest non-obese cat on (verified) record - a litigon called Cubanacan weighing 363kg (born in Alipore zoo in India, 1979): Just a correction. Cubanacan was actually measured but was not weighed. The figure of 363 kg is just an estimation. (12-27-2021, 07:08 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:(12-23-2021, 09:10 AM)LandSeaLion Wrote: Incidentally, this is the largest non-obese cat on (verified) record - a litigon called Cubanacan weighing 363kg (born in Alipore zoo in India, 1979): Oh thanks for the correction. :) I will edit. |
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