Rare White Tiger Born And Raised At Nicaragua Zoo
RARE WHITE TIGER – A rare white tiger was recently born and raised by humans in Nicaragua zoo after its mother rejected it.
The tiger, named Nieve (snow in Spanish was born a week ago, weighing just under 1 kilogram, according to Nicaragua Zoo director Eduardo Sacasa, according to Channel News Asia.
The WWF described white tigers as a “a genetic anomaly”, with none known to have existed in the wild. Several dozen of these are currently in captivity.
The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota described white tigers as Bengal tigers whose parents carry a recessive gene. They are, however, neither considered to be albinos nor they are a separate species.
Certain parks and zoos inbreed white tigers, since white cubs draw more visitors. This is, however, usually at the cost of malformations and other genetic problems, the website added.
Nieve was the first-ever white tiger that is born in Nicaragua, to a pair of yellow-and-black-coloured Bengals.
The mother, who was rescued after she was abandoned by a circus, had inherited the gene from her grandfather, who was white.
The cub was taken away from her mother, who rejected her, and is being bottle-fed by the director’s wife, Marina Arguello, who helps manage the zoo.
Based on the report, Arguello whispers sweet nothings into the cub’s ear while it suckles, then pats it lightly on the back.
“She has not lost her appetite; every three hours she gets the bottle. If not, she screams… also if the milk gets too cold,”
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