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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Wow, I would not have guessed lions and tigers could interbreed.


19 posted on 12/10/2007 12:11:09 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: AndyTheBear
Wow, I would not have guessed lions and tigers could interbreed.

Ligers and Tigons. Such breedings don't happen in the wild - the only conceivable place they could is in India's Gir Forest, which is home to the only known population of Asiatic lions in the world. Obviously such breedings are carried out by private owners and foreign zoos, such as the Chinese zoo shown in the site above. Given the endangered status of tigers, due in no small part to Chinese folk medicines which rely on tiger parts, such efforts would be better spent preserving tiger populations instead of creating hybrids.
27 posted on 12/10/2007 12:43:50 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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