White Tigers do not exist in the wild, they are purposefully inbred in captivity to meet the demand of the paying public. The kind of severe inbreeding that is required to produce the mutation of a white coat also causes a number of other defects in these big cats.
The same gene that causes the white coat causes the optic nerve to be wired to the wrong side of the brain, thus all white tigers are cross eyed, even if their eyes look normal. They also often suffer from club feet, cleft palates, spinal deformities and defective organs.
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The same gene that causes the white coat causes the optic nerve to be wired to the wrong side of the brain, thus all white tigers are cross eyed, even if their eyes look normal. They also often suffer from club feet, cleft palates, spinal deformities and defective organs.
Read more here: http://bigcatrescue.org/abuse-issues/issues/white-tigers
Subscribe to our Website: http://bigcatrescue.org
Follow Big Cat Rescue on Twitter http://twitter.com/BigCatRescue
Like Big Cat Rescue on Facebook http://facebook.com/bigcatrescue
Add Big Cat Rescue on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+bigcatrescue
Shop for cat themed items http://bigcatrescue.biz
THANK YOU!
* Music track "The Pyre" used courtesy of http://incompetech.com/
Thank you as always for the service you provide :)
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