Actress and environmentalist Tippi Hedren claimed that they have both the tiger's and the lion's best traits.
Many of the 80-acre (32-hectare) sanctuary's cats are abandoned or strays from zoos, circuses, and private owners who were unable to care for the pets.
The hind legs of the 800-pound (360-kg) liger were beginning to atrophy from being held in such a small cage.
Together, this lion and tiger had been reared with the evil intent of producing ligers.
Upon arrival at Big Cat Rescue, the female was spayed, and the male received a vasectomy to assure there would be no "accidents."
Ti-tigons are tigers that talk tigers. Although tigers are currently more frequent than ligers, tigers were more prevalent in the late 1800s and early 1900s.