WHITE TIGERS
By: Timbre and Greta 2014 Mrs. Elley

questions

• facts about baby white tigers? 
• what is their average eye color?
• how big is a female and male white tiger?
• how fast is a white tiger? 
• does a white tiger have any predators? 

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• what does a white tiger eat?
• what does a white tiger live in?
• are white tigers endangered?

Baby white tigers

The birth of baby white tigers is extremely rare. But, since baby white tigers do not belong to a special sub-species they are not considered more or less endangered then the other tigers. Rescue teams stride to protect them though. Almost all white baby tigers are born in captivity. Today can trace their ancestry back to one Bengal white tiger named Mohun. Mohun was captured as a cub in findared in 1951. He belonged to a litter consisting of 4 cubs but he was the only white tiger. The other baby tigers were killed together with their mother. Mohun was brought up at the palace of Maharaga and when he was old enough he was mated with a Bengal tigeress name Begum. Begum was not a Bengal white tiger. She displayed the normal orange coloration.

Eye color
The normal eye color for a white tiger is usually blue-green,yellow-green, blue, green, yellow and sometimes all three

How big is a female and male white tiger?
A female white tiger is 2.5m (8ft) in length. Weighs about 140kg (300lb). A male white tiger is about 2.9m (9.5ft) in length. Weighs about 300kg (480lb)

How fast is a white tiger
Speed 49-65k m/h (35-40 m/h)

Does a white tiger have any predators?
Asiatic wild dogs called dholes may prey upon tigers but these rare attacks are encountered with drastic losses to the dholes pack. Humans are the greatest threat to all tiger populations.

What does a white tiger eat?
They are carnivores, So they eat any animal that is made of meat such as other orange or white tigers, rabbits, or birds. A white tigers diet mainly consists of pig, cattle, other livestock and deer.

What does a white tiger live in?
White tigers live in a diverse array of habitats including tropical rainforests.

Fun fact!
We found images of Kenny, a white tiger born with pronounced physical deformaties that resulted from a program for profit, big cat breeding. In 2008 Kenny passed from cancer. His parents were siblings forced to breed and his early years were spent in the hands of the same unscrupulous breeders along with his brother, Willie he was rescued by the Turpantine Creek Wild life reserve in Eurekas Springs, Arkansas. In 2000 they lived out the rest of their lives in relative care and comfort.

Sources

• www.seaworld.org/animal/tiger/physical/-characteristics/size
• www.remembering Kenny
• google white tiger images
• www.tigerhomes.org/cam/whitetiger.cfm
• www.animalstime.com/white-tiger-fact-white-tiger-habitat-diet

more sources

• www.allaboutwildlife.com/endangered-tigers-facts
• www.aquaticcommunity.com/tiger/white/baby.php

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