A uncommon white tiger, named “Nieve” (snow in Spanish) was born at the Nicaragua zoo, and is getting raised by humans just after its mother rejected it, the director of the zoo told AFP.
Nieve came into the planet a week ago, weighing just beneath a kilogramme at birth, mentioned director Eduardo Sacasa.
Conservation group WWF describes white tigers as “a genetic anomaly”, with none recognized to exist in the wild. There are various dozen in captivity.
White tigers are Bengal tigers whose parents carry a recessive gene, according to The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota which assists and research felines. They are not albinos or a separate species.
Some parks and zoos inbreed white tigers, as white cubs draw more guests, even though this is normally at the price of malformations and other genetic troubles, states the sanctuary site.
The Nicaragua zoo mentioned Nieve was the very first-ever white tiger born in the nation, to a pair of yellow-and-black-coloured Bengals.
The cub’s mother, rescued just after she was abandoned by a circus, had inherited the uncommon gene from her grandfather, who was white.
Nieve was taken away from her mother, who rejected her, and is getting bottle-fed by Sacasa’s wife, Marina Arguello, who assists handle the zoo of some 700 animals and a rescue centre.
Arguello whispers sweet nothings into the tiny cub’s ear though it suckles, and pats it lighty on the back afterwards.
“She has not lost her appetite; every three hours she gets the bottle. If not, she screams… also if the milk gets too cold,” mentioned Arguello.
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