Who knew?

[draggonlaady]

That breeding ligers is illegal in Taiwan? I didn't. It's not illegal in the US, in case you wondered.
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/why-liger-hybrid-offspring-of-lions-and-tigers-are-so-controversial/19597492

"We disagree [with] any kind of breeding program, including hybridization or intensive inbreeding, which aims only to create individuals for human attraction, especially those [that] will not exist in the natural world," Kurtis Jai-Chyi, the director of the Pingtung Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan.

Which leaves me wondering what his opinion is of, oh, say, English Bulldogs. They are a breed entirely created for human attraction and would never exist in the natural world...

Comments

[saintcynr.livejournal.com]

Don't English Bulldogs have a raft of genetic problems?

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

I think flotilla may be more appropriate than raft. Many MANY more genetic issues than ligers have. And thus my wondering if his opinion on breeding extends past exotic cats into the much more common, and much more screwed up, animals people breed. Idle curiosity entirely.