A rare white tiger cub was found abandoned on a street near Greece's main zoo, the Attica Zoological Park near Athens said on Wednesday (March 8).
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The four-month-old female, who was discovered under a trash can, was paralyzed from the waist down, the same source added.
“
No one knows where she came from or how she got there
,” park founder Jean-Jacques Lesueur told Greek daily Proto Thema, adding that she was probably abandoned on Monday.
White tigers are a 'genetic anomaly'
“
She is in terrible condition
,” he added.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) describes white tigers as a "
genetic anomaly
" because none exist in the wild.
White tigers have a genetic mutation called leucism which gives them a white coat striped with black.
They are often the result of inbreeding, which exposes them to a multitude of health problems at birth.
The Attica Zoological Park hosts more than 2000 animals of 290 different species.
He came under fire last year after a dominant male chimpanzee escaped from his enclosure during opening hours, only to be put down on public safety grounds.