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Rarest 'white tiger' spotted in Nilgiris

For the first time, a rarest species of 'white tiger' was spotted in Nilgiris by a wildlife photographer - Mr.Nilanjan Ray. The picture of the white tiger with pale white color skin has kindled the interest among the conservationists and forest department to find whether the skin color is due to genetic mutation or not.

The photographer has spotted the white tiger during his trip to Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. The picture of the white tiger was reviewed by Parvesh Pandya, a famous zoologist of Sanctuary Asia. The zoologist concluded that the white color skin coat of the white tiger was due to genetic mutation and due to the lack of pheomelanin.

The photographer said that the white tiger was spotted with other normal tiger during his road trip through the reserve forest. The officers of forest department of Nilgiris said that they would set up cameras in the forest to capture the images of the rarest species of white tiger in nilgiris.