Tigress gives birth to quadruplet ligers

The tigress shows care for its liger cub at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park in China's southernmost island province of Hainan May 30, 2006. A couple, the four-year-old male lion and six-year-old tigress, gave birth naturally to quadruplet ligers, two males and two females, on March 23, 2006, and now they have a total of six children survived, a twins and quadruplets since they lived together in captivity in 2004. Liger is a rare lion-tiger hybrid which normally has a short life expectancy.

The four-year-old male lion and six-year-old tigress look after their liger quadruplet cubs at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park in China's southernmost island province of Hainan May 30, 2006. The couple gave birth naturally to four ligers, two males and two females, on March 23, 2006, and now they have a total of six children survived, a twins and quadruplets since they lived together in captivity in 2004. Liger is a rare lion-tiger hybrid which normally has a short life expectancy.

The tiger mother plays with its liger quadruplet cubs at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park in China's southernmost island province of Hainan May 30, 2006. The couple, a four-year-old male lion and six-year-old tigress, gave birth naturally to four ligers, two males and two females on March 23, 2006, and now they have a total of six children survived, a twins and quadruplets since they lived together in captivity in 2004. Liger is a rare lion-tiger hybrid which normally has a short life expectancy.