" They found that 49 of the 105 captive tigers, or about 47 percent, could be categorized as being of one of five subspecies.

Since some of the 49 were from breeding programs, the researchers suggest that the percentage of purebreds in the full captive population is probably lower, about 14 percent to 23 percent. Still, that represents a new pool of genetically distinct tigers potentially available for breeding efforts. "

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