White Tiger

A white tiger in the Mirage, a hotel in Las Vegas.

Oh God....... might this be the one of the "glass tanks" in Vegas that snowleopard wrote about somewhere?

"White Tigers at a hotel in Las Vegas"...what can you say...

Let me guess... "Critically endangered species, needs conservation, extinct in the wild...."
Argh!

That's the spiel exactly. Oh Siegfried and Roy...

It was indeed pretty awful. The area was tiny, no natural substrate, all inside, hundreds of screaming tourists, a really shallow pool with fountains and yes this is a critically endangered species. The MGM Grand lion habitat is so much better and the lions are only there a small percentage of the time.

Redpanda summarized my feelings towards the big cats in Las Vegas, and I personally feel as if the lion habitat is almost as bad as the aquarium tanks with the tigers. Mountains of cement everywhere, people elbowing others out of the way whenever a cat strolls by in boredom, and the entire site is disturbing for any animal lover. The lions can be seen from beneath them, and their enclosure is marginally better than the one for the tigers, but overall the entire experience left a bad taste in my mouth.

This habitat has been demolished.

Thank goodness.

If only they demolish the ZOO!!!!! You can see the photos I'm talking about on US other in the gallery.