Why do ligers only live in zoos and not in the wild?

Ligers are hybrids of females tigers and male lions. (When they are the descendants of male tigers and females lions -lioness- they are called tigons). Obviously the crossing of these two very different species of felids are not always sucessful in producing offspring. read more

So if ligers are released in the wild, they will kill all other predators in the locality since they are the strongest. This will devastate the whole food chain of the ecosystem. Thus, they are not released in the wild and are kept in the zoo. read more

Ligers can certainly survive in the wild. Ligers are extremely fast runners about 50 to 60 Miles per hour. Ligers in wild will have a lot of strength to help them hunt any prey in the wild e.g., Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Hippopotamus, and deer etc. Liger can easily swim and hunt down Hippopotamus. read more