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White Truth !
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Copyright: Subhash Ranjan (sranjan) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 129 W: 33 N: 354] (1216)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-21
Categories: Mammals
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-24 16:59
Viewed: 350
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
White Tigers can ONLY exist in captivity by continual inbreeding, such as father to daughter, brother to sister, mother to son and so forth. This is because the white color is the result of a double recessive allele (gene) and thus the white color can only be produced by inbreeding one tiger carrying the recessive gene for the white color to another tiger carrying the same recessive gene. Because the white coloration is so disadvantageous to survival there is no recorded evidence of a white cub ever living long enough in the wild to become an adult. That is why white tigers ONLY exist in captivity and then ONLY as the result of continual, destructive and unethical inbreeding.

ALL white tigers are cross eyed, whether it shows or not, because the gene that causes the white coat always causes the optic nerve to be wired to the wrong side of the brain. That is why white tigers are such a favorite of the tiger-tamer-wanabees; they are far more dependant upon their masters.

Inbreeding Time Line Chronology of the white Bengal tiger up until the death of Mohan:
1820: A white tiger was displayed at Exeter Change.
1915: White tiger cub captured by Maharajah Gulab Singh of Rewa. Upon its death it was gifted to King George V as a sign of India's loyalty to the crown.
25th May 1951: A forest labourer reported sighting a white tiger cub.
26th May 1951: The cub's mother and two of its three siblings were shot and killed.
27th May 1951: Maharaja Martand Singh captured Mohan.
30th May 1951: The cub escapes and a large party goes out to recapture it.
26th February 1952: A normal coloured tigress named Begum is captured.
10th April 1955: Begum produced a litter of a male and two female cubs. All were orange, as were all the cubs in her subsequent two litters.
December 1957: Mohan was mated with Radha, his four-year-old daughter from the second litter with Begum.
20th October 1958: Radha produced an all-white litter of a male and three female cubs. They were christened Raja, Rani, Sukeshi and Mohini. Subsequently:
The male and one female (Raja and Rani) were gifted to the National Zoological Gardens in New Delhi.
Mohini was transported to Washington D.C.
Sukeshi was kept for mating with Mohan and remained with him until he was withdrawn from breeding. She was then housed with her son in hopes they would breed but he showed no interest in mating with her and after six years without success she too was transferred to the National Zoological Gardens in New Delhi where she died on the 2nd February 1975.
May 1964: Raja and Rani were mated. Rani gave birth to two white cubs, a male and a female. She mauled both and the female died. The male, 'Tippu' lost his tail and was hand-raised with great difficulty.
August 1965: Two white cubs born to Rani. Both die due to neglect.
19th December 1965: Three white cubs are born to Rani. They were left in her care for just over a month, at which point she lost interest and they were hand-raised. The female dies at the age of 17-months and one male dies on the 17th April 1967 during shipping to the United States.
Breeding of Rani continued and she produced a total of 20 white cubs.
19th December 1969: Mohan died aged 19 years 7 months. All captive white tigers descend from Mohan, which explains why they are so genetically inbred.
Refer: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/white_tigers.htm
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Very nice shot, Ranjan, but a very sad note...
Why? I wonder!The gene that makes the tiger white is a recessive gene in normal tigers...We do know that for sure, it exists in all tigers...but inbreeding for the sake of just having white tigers?That's pathetic...!
Goldy

hello Subhash

excellent portrait shot of lovely wild cat, with fine POV and DOF,
beautiful luminosity of the image with excellent sharpness
and details of the White Tiger, and very educative notes, TFS

Asbed

Subhash,

Your note is very informative - well done.
I guess as long as there is a demand for such 'attractions', such behavior towards animals will continue. It is very sad and pathetic to say the least. Maybe reading your notes will make (some) people think twice about certain behavior - as I always said, knowledge is the first step. Thanks for sharing this note and your picture. Both are outstanding.

Best Regards,

Martin

Hello Ranjan,
What i like here is your informative note, its intresting and focusing on other side of increasing no. of white tigers,and its also shameful for me that the zoo in my city(aurangabad)is leading breeding centre of white tigers and suppling to every zoo in india in exchange of other animals.
TFS.

Charming portrait of a White Tiger, Subhash.
I saw one many years ago in a zoo in Orissa.
Your note on this species of Tigers is quite interesting.
TFS and regards.
Ram

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 275 W: 3 N: 731] (2624)
  • [2008-06-25 9:52]

Hello Subhash,
This is a great shot.
Pose is excellent, magnificient DOF, beautiful softlighting and color balance very natural.
Regarts Siggi

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