tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664818944279303018.post8037838065248284955..comments2024-03-02T08:28:45.858+00:00Comments on Zoo News Digest: White Tiger Killed by Lions in Liberec ZooPeter Dickinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844154645977419563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664818944279303018.post-34599722095526814892009-11-25T22:34:15.548+00:002009-11-25T22:34:15.548+00:00RIP - Isabella, 17, was a rare white tiger who too...RIP - Isabella, 17, was a rare white tiger who took turns using an outdoor zoo area w/ a pair of lions. Instinct marked her as an invader, so they snuck back in for the kill.<br />http://urdead2me.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/rip-isabella/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664818944279303018.post-47056980463387348192009-11-22T19:16:53.624+00:002009-11-22T19:16:53.624+00:00Good to know that just one zoo in the Czech republ...Good to know that just one zoo in the Czech republic is bothering with the white tiggers, (I mean, I would argue in favour of preserving the colour variant of P.t.t., but generic whites? What's the point? <br /><br />The African experiment might be somewhat helpful in determining to what degree the colour might be a serious handicap to a tiger's hunting efforts. Might be interesting. But in Africa a tiger will be part of a feral population at most, and in this case it's still a caged tiger, though it has a cage larger than most zoos. That it is catching its own prey does not make it a wild animal. We have a scorpion sharing the exhibit with a breeding group of brown crickets, it hunts and eats other animals in the same cage, that is natural behaviour, but that does not change the fact that it is still an exotic animal in captivity.Theodorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634057445114838262noreply@blogger.com