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Liger pair at South Korean Zoo

Are ligers real and natural?

PoC avatarPosted on December 21, 2021 by Michael BroadDecember 21, 2021

Ligers are real but unnatural. The liger is a hybrid from a mating between a female tiger and a male lion. The lion and tiger don’t meet in the wild. They only have the opportunity to mate when they are …

Posted in liger | Tagged big cats, carole baskin, hybrid, Hybrid Cats, Joe Exotic, liger, tigon | Leave a reply
Tigon

Are tigons fertile?

PoC avatarPosted on December 25, 2020 by Michael BroadDecember 25, 2020

A tigon is a hybrid between a male tiger and a female lion. Are they fertile? I feel the need to quote Sarah Hartwell verbatim on this one from her website messybeast.com as she’s the expert. She writes, “Ligers and …

Posted in WIld Cat Hybrids | Tagged breeding, evolution, hybrid, hybrid cat, liger, lion, tiger, tigon
Lion x domestic cat

Can a domestic cat mate with a lion or a tiger?

PoC avatarPosted on July 1, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 1, 2020

Without quoting any experts, common sense dictates that domestic cats cannot, or should not on ethical grounds, mate with a lion or tiger or any other big cat species for several reasons. Firstly, their size difference is too large to …

Posted in WIld Cat Hybrids | Tagged big cats, breeders, exotic cats, liger, lion mating, tigon, wild cat hybrids | 4 Replies

Emotional and behavioural problems in hybrid big cats

PoC avatarPosted on May 24, 2020 by Michael BroadMay 24, 2020

The strange and exotic big cat hybrids such as the tigon and liger, which fascinate many people, may be creating unforeseen emotional issues in their female parent. Until this article I have only discussed the appearance of hybrid big cats …

Posted in WIld Cat Hybrids | Tagged captive cats, cat breeding, cat emotions, cat parenting, emotions, hybrid, Hybrid Cats, liger, tigon, wild cat hybrid, wild cat hybrids | Leave a reply
Modern tigons I am told

Are tigons real?

PoC avatarPosted on December 23, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 25, 2020

Tigons are very real. Charles Darwin (British naturalist and biologist famous for his theory of evolution) referred to them in 1861. There’s been a lot of breeding between male tigers and lionesses in captivity. Tigons are rarer than ligers (the …

Posted in Cat Breeding | Tagged african lion, bengal tiger, captive cats, cat breeding, hybrid, hybrid cat, Hybrid Cats, tigon | Leave a reply
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