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*Blinks*
Well, inbreeding is being avoided as much as possible by zoo's the last decade or so. Actualy, I have seen very few misformed white tigers to be quite honest. I don't see them as a negative subject, but I don't see them as a real species that needs to be preserved either. Siegfried and Roy chose to do so, and by that they are the only one's actively doing that as far as I know.
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Hmm, since you've actually worked with big cats, I know your insight is trustworthy... perhaps zoos in the Netherlands are doing a bit better ethically, but I still doubt that inbreeding is as low as you say because the only way to get baby white tigers for certain is to breed a white tiger with another white tiger. As there are so few whities, inbreeding is bound to be common. And like I said, of course you don't
see many deformed white tigers... The imperfect white tigers in the litter are usually "put down" as no one would ever want one. A great number of zoos in America are ethically opposed to breeding white tigers, but at the same time, there are other zoos and people that only care about profit and have no problem with it.
(Hah, maybe I should do some thread splitting if it's needed.)