A rare lion-tiger hybrid cub, known as a liger, was born at a private zoo in Romania earlier this year, making a unique ...

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The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal -- the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.

The animals are mostly always sterile (such as mules, the donkey-horse hybrid, or the liger, the lion-tiger hybrid), which means they must be intentionally bred into existence in each individual case.

Since then, animal rights organization World Animal Protection said it has received intelligence reports that some lion farms appear to be shifting operations to tigers and lion-tiger hybrids.

Home to these lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrid, and a single jaguar, the Thackerville, Oklahoma facility was searched and the animals removed due to “ongoing Endangered Species Act violations ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday, May 20, 2021, the seizure of the federally protected lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and a jaguar. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) U.S. and World ...

The Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, the Oakland zoo, and California's Lions, Tigers & Bears sanctuary teamed up to rescue two tigers, a lion and a tiger hybrid from a defunct ...