Re: White Lion Documentary "Return of the White Lion"
Originally Posted by SecurityStacey
Honestly? They are the same species - wanting to increase the number of white lions is only for aesthetic reasons.
I mean - the lions don't care - actually considering it is recessive and given where they are it is actually probably detrimental to them to be white.
The species needs to be protected - not the nurturing of a recessive gene.
If they can somehow avoid issues with inbreeding and create a few numbers to release to the wild, I don't see anything wrong with the aesthetic reasons. It's only helping the general species in the long run.