I have attached a story and video about very rare white tigers that were born in Liberec here in the Czech Republic. I am interesetd to hear your thoughts on the story? I want you to consider the work we have been doing in class today as well as questions like:
• Would those tigers survive long in the wild?
•- Would they be able to
hunt and eat well in the wild?
•- Would you ever be able to
see them if they were in the wild? (12 sightings in 100 years)
•- So does that make it
right to keep them in a zoo?
By Mr. Bennett
Black and white miracles: Rare white Bengal tiger triplets born in Czech zoo
White tigers are so rare that only one in every 10,000 Bengal tigers is born white with black stripes and a pink nose.
So when triplets were born in captivity in July, the white cubs proved to be a cute, black and white miracle.
The cubs are living with their mother Surya Bara in ZOO Liberec in the Czech Republic and now the public has been asked to name one of them.
Mother and cub: White Bengal tigers are only born one in every 10,000 so triplets born to mother Surya Bara at in a Czech Republic zoo are a cute, black and white miracle
According to Czech news website iDNES.cz, voting polls will open tomorrow.
The other male and female cubs will be named by the zoo keepers.
Name the baby boy: The public has been asked to vote for their favourite name for one of the boy cubs from five choices: Liam, Samburu, Sigmar, Titan or Woody
Babies baptized: The white tiger triplets will be baptized on Saturday in the northern Czech city of Liberec
The triplets will be baptized on Saturday according to iDNES.cz.
Genetic hiccup: The white tiger is not albino nor a separate subspecies but the result of a rare recessive gene
In the past century only 12 have been spotted in the wild. Most survive in captivity because they do not survive long in the wild as they struggle to catch prey because their colouration stands out in the jungle.
Males weigh 440-500lbs and grow up to nine feet in length. The females are 285-375lbs and grow up to eight feet long.
Survival in the wild: White Bengal tigers do not survive long in the wild as they struggle to catch their prey because their colouration stands out in the jungle
Video of the cubs here
Here is the wallwisher we made about animals in zoos:
Gilbert
ReplyDeleteI think it is more ok to keep them in the zoo than not that rare an animal
For some spieces this must be the case, scince they can't get food in the wild, but will get food at the zoo.
ReplyDeleteIf it is a good zoo it is good to have the zoo.If they have a doctor and good food for them it is fine.These cubs have a mother and a big place to sleep. I think in this case it is fine.
ReplyDeletemarketa
the white tigers should be in the zoos because they would die in the wild and only 12 white tigers have been seen in the wild so it is also really rear
ReplyDeleteI think that normally it isn't ok too keep the animals in the zoo but a white tiger is an exeption because it cannot catch pray and it would starve too death.
ReplyDeleteFred
I think that the white tigers should be kept in the zoo because I would not want them to starve to death. Imagine you would starve to death.
Andrej
What a miricle there is white tigers
ReplyDeleteI realy want to see them but they dont want to be stared at.
I think the white tigers should be in the zoo because they are special animals and if they go to a wild place they won't know how get food and where to live.
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ReplyDeleteI think these tigers should stay in the zoo because thez can get ingered in the wild he wouldb because its got a white color and you can see it really well so every animal would see the tiger and run away so he wouldnt catch any animal and starv
Zoos keep them safe.
Normaly ut I would say that animals should be freely in the wild, but if it is an animal like a white tiger you have to keep it safely in zoos.
ReplyDeleteI think the white tigers should be in the zoo because they stand out in the djungle and they dont survive for long becuase everyone can see it.
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