do you have any facts about ligers?? :3
OH I HAVE SO MANY OPINIONS ABOUT LIGERS BUCKLE UP BUTTERCUP So as cool as these guys look, my personal stance on them is that they shouldn't exist and zoos/other places that breed them should stop.
First off, a zoo's mission should be (among other things) to provide an environment as close to the species as possible and lions and tigers don't live in the same place (lions in africa, tigers in asia) and there's almost no chance that they would breed naturally, so it's usually done through human intervention. Because this is not a naturally occurring species, resources spent on breeding/caring for ligers could instead be used to save lions & tigers in the wild, but aren't. Ligers are mostly bred for their "exoticness" and so encourage a freak-show mentality with regards to animals.
When ligers are born, it can actually injure the mothers (tigresses) because they're so much bigger than purebreds, and cause birthing complications. In addition to this, male ligers are almost always sterile, and females it's hit or miss. So people are gonna have to keep breeding them from lions/tigers if they want to keep them.
Also, their QOL isn't great either. They often suffer from health problems like gigantism (wich in turn causes organ strain), neurological/joint issues, shorter lifespans, blindness, and like I said before, sterility. Now am I saying that every zoo/entertainment facility that has a liger is bad? Absolutely not. What I AM saying is that they should reevaluate. Am I calling for every liger to be killed? heck no. I hope they get the best lives they can have. I just don't think they should be bred.
