Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Litter of white tigers debuts in Mexico - Zoo known for providing cats for Siegfried and Roy's Las Vegas act



Bengal tiger cubs play with their mother at the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, July 5, 2007. Five cubs, four of them white, were born in the zoo last April and were shown to the public for the first time. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
Updated: 6:52 a.m. ET July 6, 2007
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Five Bengal tigers, four of them white males, have debuted at a zoo in western Mexico.
The litter, which was born in April and went on display Wednesday, was the result of a natural breeding program, Guadalajara Zoo director Francisco Rodriguez said.
It was the sixth litter of white tigers born at the zoo.
The zoo is known for having produced the cat that attacked Las Vegas entertainer Roy Horn of the Siegfried and Roy act.
The tigers' father, Nino, has sired every litter born at the zoo.