A rare white tiger, named “Nieve” (snow in Spanish) was born at the Nicaragua zoo, and is being raised by humans after its mother rejected it, the director of the zoo told AFP.
Nieve came into the world a week ago, weighing just under a kilogramme at birth, said director Eduardo Sacasa.
Conservation group WWF describes white tigers as “a genetic anomaly”, with none known to exist in the wild. There are several dozen in captivity.
White tigers are Bengal tigers whose parents carry a recessive gene, according to The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota which helps and studies felines. They are not albinos or a separate species.
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Nieve is the first white tiger born in Central American country Nicaragua to a pair of yellow-and-black-coloured Bengals
A rare white Bengal tiger, named Nieve born at the Nicaragua zoo is being raised by humans after its mother rejected it.
Nieve is the first white tiger born in Central American country Nicaragua to a pair of yellow-and-black-coloured Bengals.
According to the zoo s director Eduardo Sacasa, Nieve came into the world a week ago, weighing just under a kilogramme at birth.
In picture: Marina Arguello takes care of a newborn female white tiger named Snow at the National Zoo in Masaya, Nicaragua/AFP
A rare white tiger, named “Nieve” (snow in Spanish) was born at the Nicaragua zoo, and is being raised by humans after its mother rejected it, the director of the zoo told AFP
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Rare white tiger born at zoo in Nicaragua
Ms Marina Arguello, who helps manage the Nicaragua zoo, holding up Nieve - which means snow in Spanish - a rare white tiger which was born a week ago weighing just under a kilogram. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
PublishedJan 7, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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