What happens when Male Tiger & Female Lion Mate

Many instances are known where this combination mates to create what is known as a liger. If you want to see how male tigers and female lions mate, you must watch this.

Successful mating between a male tiger and a female lion is rare. However, when that happens successfully, the offspring is known as a Tigon.

You will find that such mating can only successfully happen in captivity as it does not occur in the wild.

That is because these animals are known to attack the tiger when he approaches the female lion. The male tiger will take his time to move towards a female lion. Of course, her pride will be around somewhere.

The female lion is reluctant and will not let the male tiger come close. When she does, they might end up mating, but it will anger the pride. Once the mating is done, the pride will attack the male tiger brutally.

The lions go after the male tiger because they are protective of the members of their pride and such cross-breeding is something we don't see much in the wild. There are rare instances where a male tiger and the female lion would mate successfully, but they happen once in a blue moon.