USDA petition calls for an end to interbreeding of large felines, claiming the practice clashes with federal laws because of increased odds of health problems A coalition of US conservation groups has ...

The liger is the offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris). There is another type of lion-tiger hybrid called a tigon, which results from the breeding of a male ...

A coalition of US conservation groups has launched an attempt to outlaw the breeding of so-called frankencats, where big cats such as tigers and lions are crossed with each other to create unusual and ...

In January 2017, a Russian zoo made the headlines with the birth of a liger cub named Tzar – a cute hybrid cat born to a female tiger and a male lion. The excitement generated by the news worldwide ...

A private zoo keeper in Taiwan is being investigated by authorities after breeding a lion with a tiger and creating two liger cubs. Huang Kuo-nan has insisted he did not mate the two animals on ...

Apparently the Amman Zoo hopes that their tiger and lion will mate. Eep. Their baby would be a liger. According to the Sierra Safari: A liger is the result of breeding a male lion with a female tiger.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Taiwanese government will fine a private zoo operator for cross-breeding a lion and a tiger, resulting in the birth of three liger cubs, an official says. Wu Hsing ...

The zoo is the island's first to breed the hybrid of a lion and a tigress, but officials seized the cubs and said they may fine the owner. The three liger cubs were born in Taiwan on Sunday at the ...