Quadruplet Chinese Liger Cubs - Liger Profile
In 2007, a tigress in Chinese Tropical Wildlife Park at Hainan Zoo gave birth to rare four liger cubs. According to the reports, one of the liger cub just died at the time of its birth. But all the rest of the three liger cubs were in stable condition. The cause of the death of that liger cub was the genetic failure. This program of cross breeding was specifically conducted under the supervision of Liu Mingjiang (Siyan, 2007). China has the second most significant numbers of ligers in the world reaching near the figure of 20 ligers in total. According to one study by ligerzoos.com website China also had maximum numbers of Liger zoos after USA.
According to the opinions of the readers, all the three cubs were highly sensitive. They were kept away from being touched by any official. Moreover, they were all left on their mother to be fed well. Therefore, the cubs were not even weighed yet. Moreover, their names were yet to be announced as well. As the information will further updated, we shall reveal the names of those liger cubs to you as well.
The authorities at the park specifically allowed many visitors to watch these adorable liger cubs. Ligers are one of the most popular big cats in China. Whenever people learn about ligers, they love to purchase tickets. People are always interested in watching a new and unique example and ligers are just the right example in this regard.
The mother of the cubs was Huan Huan, a tigress that belonged to the North Eastern Chinese dissent. Huan Huan is a 7 months old tigress, while its partner the male African lion named as Xiao Er Hei was a 6 year old male African lion. The same tigress also gave birth to several other ligers in China as well. So far this tigress has given birth to about 12 ligers in total. Few of them died as well, but rest of them are still living in a very healthy situation. Previously the tigress also gave birth to twin ligers named as Ping Ping and An An (Siyan, 2007).
According to the earlier updates, these liger cubs after few days were about 1 Kg or almost 2.2 pounds in terms of their weights. Liger cubs grow much faster than all the other big cats and for the first 4 years of their life, they gain around 1 pound of weight per day. However; being a cub of few days they usually have a normal growth rate just like the cubs of lions and tigers respectively.
