Kenny

Photo source: Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

This is Kenny Rogers, his parents were both white tigers something that does not happen often. Usually a white tiger and a orange are usually interbred for diversity. His breeder took a shortcut and wanted to make more white tigers, that he could sell. He bred brother to sister and as a res ult Kenny here was born deformed from poor genetics.  They wanted to put Kenny and his twin brother Willie Nelson(a orange tiger that had been born with cross eyes) to death but Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge stopped them from doing so. Kenny and his whole family was rescued and now live a happy life together. Many do not see pictures of deformed tigers, because they put the tiger cubs down the instant they do not come out "perfect." Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is the closet Kenny will get to being the wild, but it is better than death? Currently, Kennys' mother is the only one that lives and everyone else in the family has passed away including Kenny, according to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.
A very sad tale, "it is estimated that 1 in 30 captive-bred white tigers cubs are able to be trotted out in public (quoted from overload blogspot)."

Source:
http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2008/08/kenny-rogers-is-dead.html
http://www.turpentinecreek.org/