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March 21, 2007—Sumatra, a registered "toyger," displays the rusty colored fur and unique black stripes of the relatively new breed. Toygers have been registered with the International Cat Association (TICA) since 1993. This May they will join more familiar purebred felines, such as Persians and Siamese, that can be judged as championship cats at TICA-sponsored cat shows. Toyger creator Judy Sudgen said she hopes the playful pets will inspire more people to care about wild tiger conservation. "We use part of the price of the kittens to help the conservation of tigers, since that's our inspiration," she said. For now the toyger is a work in progress, and fanciers hope to produce cats that more closely resemble tigers within the next few years.
A captive Sumatran tiger, the smallest of the five living tiger subspecies, lounges at a zoo in Asia. Three other known tiger subspecies have gone extinct, and all five remaining subspecies are considered at risk of extinction.
The Sumatran tiger lives in the wild only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra (Indonesia map). The nonprofit World Conservation Union lists the Sumatran tiger as critically endangered, noting that only about 250 mature individuals are believed to remain.
Toyger creator Sudgen thinks that the new cat breed, which resembles a toy tiger, will be perfected by 2010, around the same time that she believes the last of the tigers will be living in zoos.
"The results [of toyger breeding] could be the last chance for humans to make up for the loss of these species on Earth due to our stupidity," she said. |
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wahhh : AMAZING!!
nakkk cekorrr..... |
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Reply #1 enzo's post
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aku nakkkkkkkk..akekekeke..tetibe jekk... |
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ni spesis binatang apa ekk |
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Reply #6 ena80's post
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hehehe species bengal cat.. nak tau lebih lanjut masuk la thread peminat bengal cat.. putra ada ceritakan pasal toyger nie |
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Reply #7 putra_bengal's post
oh..bengal cat..patut lah kaler cam adik beradik jer
keturunan bengal cat ni comei2 ar..
geram sgt tengokk
rase nak picitttttttttt jer idong..grrr..gerammmm  |
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Muka dier kiut. Kucing aku kat umah mesti tergoda nyer. |
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Post time 20-5-2007 05:24 PM
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