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Sick LoveEndure me, lure me
Deceive me
Tel me the tale
Of good and evil
But lie the ending
Lie to me

take wings over the sea
And remember
Leave me waiting
On this lonely shore
'Till my dull smile
Turns to tears

I am the snake of the charmer
Who only dances with me
The bird in the colden cage
yet I sing, oh I sing
I'm the jewel in my love's crown
Crown sported with grin

I'm your loyal pet
Tell me: stay!
Leave me again
Alone in this house
I'll chase my tail
Forget me

Betray me, ignore me
And yet again
I will still listen
You telling fairytales
Oh how I need it:
Deception

I am the snake of the charmer
Who only dances with m

Bring it on!You can make me bleed
You can make me cry
You can torture me
Even take my life
But my heart, my soul, you will never have

If you listen carefully enough, you may hear the last echoes of my nevermore beating heart

You can bind my hands
You can blind my eyes
You can cut of my wings
Try to poses my mind
But my freedom, my will, cannot be broght down

If you look closely enough, you can see my fragile light slowly fading out

You can shut my mouth
You can make me crawl
You can hit me
Cause me to fall
But my determination, my mind, shall only grow stronger

If you lean near enough, you might feel the warmth of my last tender breath

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Stealing the Spotlight -ACEO-by ~silverybeast

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Because that's what white tigers do, even if it isn't their fault.

Tiger (panthera tigris) is an endagered species with nine subspecies, three of which are extinct.

Bengal tiger (panthera tigris tigris) - Endangered with population of 1,165 to 1,657 individuals
Indochinese tiger (panthera tigris corbetti) - Endangered with population of 350 individuals
Malayan tiger (panthera tigris jacksoni) - Endangered with population of 493 to 1,480 individuals
Sumatran tiger (panthera tigris sumatrae) - Endangered with population of 441 to 679 individuals
Siberian tiger (panthera tigris altaica) - Endangered with population of 331 to 393 individuals
South China tiger (panthera tigris amoyensis) - Critically Endangered with population of 20 individuals
^{*in nature}
Bali tiger (panthera tigris balica), Caspian tiger (panthera tigris virgata) and Javan tiger (panthera tigris sondaica) are extinct.

White tigers are not a (sub)species at all, nor they are albinos. The white colour variation is a mutation caused by a recessive allele. In nature, this variation is rarely occupied among Bengal tigers - only about every 15,000th tiger is white. As there is only little over thousand Bengal tigers left in the wild, the appearance of a white tiger is very unlikely in nature.
But how is that there are so many white tigers in captivity?
They're extremely inbred.
The origin of white tigers in captivity is one white male, captured as a cup. The zookeepers naturally wanted more white tigers and were disappointed when this didn't happen when breeding the male with a normal female. So they let the male breed with it's own daughter, and they got white cubs. All white tigers in the zoos of Europe and the USA are descendants of this couple.
The only real reason any zoo would keep white tigers is that they attract more visitors. White tigers in captivity are a line of continuous inbreeding, with the result of serious health problems.

White tigers have no value in saving any tiger subspecies from extinction. With their beauty they're just stealing the spotlight from those who desperately need it - the healthy, purebred tigers we need to save.

I want to thank *woxys for informing me and many others about this. She was the first one from who I learned about the issue. Go see any of her white tiger photos for more information, or search the internet.

I hope people actually read this.

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About the artwork itself... I had many ideas of which animals I could draw for the monthly theme of

and decided this one was important and a little more creative.

I'm very pleased with the card. Tigers are crazy to draw - their stripes give me a headache every time I draw them, but here they came out nicely

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micron liners, watercolour
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~FreeFilly51 Oct 10, 2012

Beautiful piece, with a vital message behind it!
I've also heard this about the white tigers, and how their breeding does not help the least in saving tigers from extinction. And because they are so inbred, they often aren't healthy, either. It is real sad.

~silverybeast Oct 10, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Yeah

~ArcticIceWolf Aug 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Lovely drawing! and thanks for the information about white tigers...

~silverybeast Aug 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks! And you're very welcome

~Haawan Jul 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Beautiful card, and it carries such an important message. I knew white tigers were inbred but had no idea it was that severe... I always preferred the normal colouring anyway. White tigers are beautiful, but I'd prefer to think of them as beautiful as any fantasy creature. I wish people would stop breeding them and concentrate on what's important: keeping the gene pool of animals in captivity large enough, and preserving the species the nature has created.

~silverybeast Jul 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

White tigers are beautiful, but I'd prefer to think of them as beautiful as any fantasy creature.
Same here - I like white tigers the same way like eg. unicorns. but when it comes to animals in general, I often prefer the natural colours - even with pets.
As I've heard, breeding new white tigers is actually banned in some places

_{Aina niin omituista naputtaa englantia kun tietää että kumpikin puhuu suomea Mutta toisaalta se tuntuu luonnolliselta kansainvälisellä sivustolla.}

~Haawan Jul 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

_{Joo, kommentoin suomalaisille aina välillä suomeksi ja välillä englanniksi, vähän tilanteesta riippuen. Tässä aattelin että asiasta on hyvä keskustella niin että muutkin ymmärtävät. : D}

~silverybeast Jul 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

_{Itekin vähän samaan tyyliin vaihtelee kieltä}

~RavensSongOfLove Jul 23, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

wonderful piece

~silverybeast Jul 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

thank you

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