Of White Tigers

Contrary to popular belief, white tigers are not white due to being albino.. that's because the black stripes makes them non-albino..

so a white tiger is white due to a genetic condition that nearly removes pigment that gives that usually orange.. this genetic condition gives the white tigers a shade of white to cream-coloured fur while the stripes are go between black, grey or chocolate-coloured stripes

So all the spotlight is on the zoo's own white tigers due to an incident that has been over-published in the local media.. yes, someone died, its a human life.. 

but lets face it.. it was a suicide attempt that succeeded, would human intervention effectively prevent this from happening?

In Singapore's context, suicides do happen although not every case is reported in the news.. in a way, we wouldn't want that to happen either.. when the first series of suicides via the MRT were published, media publicity and public compassion resulted in charity for the families of the departed.. that has, sadly, induced a few other similar suicides in the following months.. possibly, people who had suicidal thought became motivated by the fact that the media spotlight would mean that their "plights" will be known and thus their families better taken care of by others.. such selfishness, but i'll reserve my judgement for now

back to suicides, majority of suicides in Singapore occurs at HDB flat. Sad but true.

Making sure that people cannot get into exhibits with dangerous like the white tigers in the zoo is like trying to prevent people who have access to HDB flats from jumping off them.. does it makes sense to make such an outcry over such an incident that a man, with all his ingenuity and ability to adapt choose to overstep the barriers in order to complete what he wanted to do at the first place?

i just wished this fellow choose somewhere better instead of the zoo

now this poor tigers are so stressed their can't be allowed back into their enclosure yet

hope we get the white tigers back soon

i have my zoo pass ready