Africa's first white tiger cubs born

Three white tiger cubs with blue eyes and chocolate-brown stripes were born at a South African wildlife ranch last Wednesday, the first such cubs to be born in Africa, which has no indigenous tigers, the Star newspaper reported on Monday.

The cubs, two males and a female, are about the size of a full-grown cat."They are suckling and they are with their mother, Cher, in her den," said Jenny Schmidt, spokesperson for the Cango Wildlife Ranch outside Oudtshoorn. The ranch will ask South Africa's Hindu Council to suggest names for them.

White tigers are genetic throwbacks White tigers were once found in the wild in India, but have been hunted to extinction there, the Star said. They are genetic throwbacks, not a distinct species, and therefore do not qualify for any endangered list. They differ from albino tigers, which have red eyes and no stripes. About 250 white tigers are in captivity around the world, the newspaper said. AFP
Source: http://cooltech.iafrica.com/science/245462.htm

 

The picture above [of the lovely little tiger that I scanned] doesn't have much to do with South Africa or Africa but I couldn't resist including it on my site. The image was in a magazine, being sold on collector plates. I have looked all over the Internet trying to find the name of the artist who painted this, with no success.

Coming soon, the only links I found.

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