Telegraph writers once again are entirely unacquainted with REALITY.
Lions and Tigers produce Tigons and Ligers (depending upon if a Tiger of Lion was the father); and although most cross species “mules” have fertility PROBLEMS (due to difficulty swapping the DNA between mom and dad to make reproductive cells) they can and DO produce offspring.
For example a Tigon was bred to a Tiger to produce a Ti-Tigon.
In captivity where the breeding was almost forced but never in the wild..........