Was there ever such things as natural white tigers in the wild?
Yes & no….there have only been 12 reported sitings in over 100 hundred years. The reason is that their lack of color does not give them necessary camaflouge to hunt or hide…so they would ahve a difficult time reaching adulthood. It is a common misconception that white tigers are found affluently in the wild. White tigers in zoos are there because they were purposely bred that way and because people are mesmerized by the combination of the beautiful color of the tiger’s coat and the contrasting blue eyes. In the wild, white tigers are most common in the Bengal tiger breed, the last one believed to have been sited in India in 1951!!!!!! They are rare but to call them endangered is a big mistake, since it is not natural nor beneficial for them to occur in the wild!!! Only about 12 Bengal white tigers have been spotted in the wild in the last 100 years in India. In contrast, in zoos, most white tigers are usually a Bengal/Siberian hybrid which, of course, is also not natural. White tig
