JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, June 17, 2003: Three white tiger cubs with blue eyes and chocolate-brown stripes were born at a South African wildlife ranch. They were the first such cubs to be born in Africa, which has no indigenous tigers. The ranch will ask South Africa’s Hindu Council to suggest names for them. White tigers were once found in the wild in India, but have been hunted to extinction there. They are genetic throwbacks, not a distinct species, and therefore do not qualify for any endangered list. They differ from albino tigers, which have red eyes and no stripes. About 250 white tigers are in captivity around the world.
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