White Tigers
Here in Hilo, we have a zoo, and in that zoo lives a White Tiger called “Nameste”.
“Nameste” is the main attraction, mainly because White Tigers are so rare.
Now I don’t particularly like zoos, some of them are really good of course, and do great things, others are small and feel like an animal prison. The zoo in Hilo feels like it is of the latter variety.
I went there one day a few months back, it is one of the things to do here, of which there are not many, well not by comparison to some bigger towns and cities, and I felt so depressed there, I left soon after arriving.
I saw “Nameste”, and it made me really sad, he just walked round and round in circles, he had even worn a groove in the grass. I felt really sorry for him. I didn’t even post my photos to Flickr ( gasp! )
Today I read an article on White Tigers, apparently White Tigers can only exist in captivity by continual inbreeding with close relatives, with all the problems associated with such practices.
Poor “Nameste”.