Month-old liger riddled with genetic defects

A one-month-old liger -- a hybrid of a tiger and lion -- being cared for at a protected wildlife shelter in the southern Taiwan county of Pingtung has genetic defects that jeopardize its survival, the shelter's manager said Tuesday. 

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