Ligers and Their Genetic Diseases

There is no such evidence about genetic diseases within ligers. Ligers are born without any diseases. None of the ligers which we have studied so far had any genetic disease. Only a few numbers of ligers had disability but that should not be generalized as a genetic disease cliche or lable for the ligers. If ligers would have genetic disease then the survival of the liger would have not even been possible. We would have hardly seen any liger in the world and even we would have found it it would have died the next couple of moments. On the other hand ligers are growing in numbers all over the world and they are living as normal as lions and tigers which is a strong indicator that ligers are free of genetic diseases.

There are some claims that ligers are weak. Even though physically they may look very stronger, but their heart and some other vital organs are weaker. Such weakness makes a lifespan of the ligers a very cruel procedure. Others have claimed that ligers are actually vulnerable to the blindness as well. These are all myths and misconceptions against ligers. Because we have studied so far about all the ligers in the world and about 99% of all those ligers have been fittest.

Some other people believe that ligers are deaf. This is again absolutely wrong. If the liger is a deaf; that liger should be highlighted. Ligerzoos.com website has studied ligers from all over the world and they haven't found any liger as being deaf. Similarly some myths about ligers also state that they have a small lifespan, but ligerworld.com has proved in one of its article that the lifespan of the ligers is as normal as that of the lions and tigers. Even some ligers have lived a very long age as compared to lions and tigers.

Dr. Bhagavan Antle who is a liger expert for at least 3 decades now has declared liger' genetic diseases as being myths and misconception about ligers. Furthermore; he was of the opinion that such an information is misleading and they are specifically fabricated to malign the image of the ligers. According to Dr. Bhagavan Antle ligers are as health as lions and tigers and he does not have any kind of genetic defect, disability or diseases.

So the question is who is creating all those myths against ligers. The answer is Politics and personal agenda. Some animal rights groups have specifically targeted ligers and whatever negative comes to their mind, they seem to associate that stuff directly to the ligers. They need to come up with a genuine proof that ligers have genetic proof otherwise; without a proof all of their claims will only be considered as a myths and misconceptions.