Liger
6867 Soledad Canyon Rd,
Acton, California
93510
A Liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Probably never happening in the wild, this event does occasionally occur in captivity. One such creature lives in California, forty minutes outside of Los Angeles at Shambala Preserve.
Because of the unique physiology of male lions and female tigers, ligers often end up much larger than both parents. The converse is true of tigons (offspring of male tigers and female lions).
Ligers usually have the mane of the lion as well as the stripes of the tiger. Unlike lions, but like tigers, they often go swimming in the water.
The liger at Shambala Preserve came to the park in 1998 from a zoo in Illinois. Ironically this is not the first hybrid they've had, but the third. Their first was a female tigon, born in 1978. This tigon had an offspring with a male tiger, informally called a ti-tigon in 1983. Both sadly passed away of cancer.
The current liger at the zoo is called Patrick. Tours are only available at certain times. Check with Shambala Preserve.
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Last Edited: 2006-11-15
