Leucistic tigers and lions are very pretty animals, but how they were created is not so pretty. These animals were caused by inbreeding; they are a man made creature created by a specific change in the DNA strands creating things like an organism lacking pigment in the skin. Inbred animals also have a higher chance of gaining genetic disorders that can majorly harm them, there are many things that inbreeding can do to an animals from how they look to how their brains function. Inbreeding is all because of us, and now it’s our job to stop it.
The broad scientific definition of inbreeding is that it is the mating of individuals more closely related to each other than the average relationship within any given population, the relationships are …show more content…
Inbreeding started out as an accident, but later inbreeding then it became purpose full. Typically now humans cause inbreeding to happen, for tourism. People like to see abnormal animals because they are usually seen as prettier so people will pay more to see and take pictures rather than care about how they came into existence (Assaf). Though inbreeding can be used for good scientists very rarely have to inbreed animals to save them, but if all the individuals left are related in the given species, it can become inevitable to not inbreed. The biggest problem with inbreeding is a disease called inbreeding depression; Inbreeding depression is where an animal is born with a mental state not correctly programmed for survival and perpetually ends up harming the animal, which usually ends up ranking hunting and reproduction low on the list of life issues, which can be a …show more content…
This is called leucism. Leucism is a condition where the pigment originally found in the skin, feathers, scales, or fur is missing pigmentation. Pigmentation is what causes the specific colors like black, or brown to show up is the animal's coat, so when the pigmentation disappears it gives the animals a white coat. Leucism is commonly confused with albinism, now both do cause a white coat, albinism is caused by the lack of melanin which gives the animals red eyes, whereas leucism is caused by the disappearance of multiple types of pigment causing bluish grey
The broad scientific definition of inbreeding is that it is the mating of individuals more closely related to each other than the average relationship within any given population, the relationships are …show more content…
Inbreeding started out as an accident, but later inbreeding then it became purpose full. Typically now humans cause inbreeding to happen, for tourism. People like to see abnormal animals because they are usually seen as prettier so people will pay more to see and take pictures rather than care about how they came into existence (Assaf). Though inbreeding can be used for good scientists very rarely have to inbreed animals to save them, but if all the individuals left are related in the given species, it can become inevitable to not inbreed. The biggest problem with inbreeding is a disease called inbreeding depression; Inbreeding depression is where an animal is born with a mental state not correctly programmed for survival and perpetually ends up harming the animal, which usually ends up ranking hunting and reproduction low on the list of life issues, which can be a …show more content…
This is called leucism. Leucism is a condition where the pigment originally found in the skin, feathers, scales, or fur is missing pigmentation. Pigmentation is what causes the specific colors like black, or brown to show up is the animal's coat, so when the pigmentation disappears it gives the animals a white coat. Leucism is commonly confused with albinism, now both do cause a white coat, albinism is caused by the lack of melanin which gives the animals red eyes, whereas leucism is caused by the disappearance of multiple types of pigment causing bluish grey