Nandankanan Zoological Park: White Tiger Subhranshu passes away

A rare white tiger named Subhranshu of Nandankanan Zoological Park passed away on Tuesday. tiger was suffering from Blood Protozoan disease and was under intensive care and treatment of zoo veterinarians for last one month. A post-mortem is going to be conducted to ascertain exact cause of death.

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Subhranshu h stopped eating food

According to media reports, white tiger h fallen sick at zoological park. Reports quoting a source h stated that Subhranshu h stopped eating food and was under treatment in its feeding chamber. Subhranshu continued to lay at one place on Saturday leaving zoo authorities in a fix.

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Reports have furr mention that white tiger h t been keeping well for quite some time. Subhranshu was first discovered to be unwell on September 22 and at point, white tiger suffered from diarrhoea. Sources stated that tiger was suffering from liver-related troubles and its health condition deteriorated furr from Saturday. This is despite veterinaries in zoo doing ir best to help Subhranshu recover. 

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White tigers are t albi tigers

Turpentine Refugee states, white tigers are t albi tigers, a different subspecies of a tiger such as sw, arctic, or Royal Bengal white tiger. y are a colour variant or genetic mutation of Bengal Tiger. re are currently white tigers in wild. Colour morphs are typically associated with rarity and separate endangered species, which is t case for white tigers. y possess a double recessive gene that expresses a white coat, and roughly 1/10,000 tigers have this rare allele. With only 3,820 tigers currently in wild, it is extremely unlikely one will be born. If so, white colour is a disvant since y do t have ir camoufl, and would t survive in willd.

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