Nashville Zoo tigers

i was told today that the orange bengal tiger exhibited ay Nashville is a pure bred bengal is this true or false can anyone confirm

 

I cannot imagine it would be true.

 

I've read somewhere and been told before that one U.S. zoo does have what is thought to be a pure Bengal but it's not Nashville. The zoo's Reticulated Giraffes aren't pure either just so you know.

~Thylo

 

The Nashville Zoo actually has Masai Giraffes.
I highly doubt that the tiger at the Nashville Zoo is pure.

 

Actually, according to their website, they have both.

~Thylo

 

To the lay person, 'Bengal Tiger' is the same as saying 'Tiger', and zoos might just go along with this. While there just might be some pure Indian Tigers outside the subcontinent, it's highly unlikely, as most have White Tiger blood, which was heavily contaminated with Siberian [Amur] genes over the years in the effort to produce bigger & more impressive animals. There's a potential research project here: DNA test all the Tigers outside India & see what's what. O bviously there would be pure Sumatran, Amur & perhaps Chinese [or is it Indo-Malayan?], but there might be remnant pockets of perhaps even Javan genes.
Idea: has anyone ever looked for Cape Lion genes in the generic zoo Lion population?

 

It's Indochinese Tiger (P. t. corbetti). For are you talking about P. t. amoyensis? Then it's South China Tiger though I severely doubt, though would love, a discovery of pure South China Tigers would be found.

~Thylo