Apopka, Florida – An eight-year-old animal in Florida is a big golden cat that boasts the genetics of both a tiger and a lion. Unfortunately, this chimera has lots of genetic health issues.
When this big cat-hybrid was just nine weeks old, he was transported from Illinois to the Care Foundation in Apopka, Florida. Animal rescuers raised him with a bottle.
This chimera is a so-called “liger”– i.e., half tiger, half lion – just like his mother.
His father is a purebred lion, according to his rescuers…