ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) Lions, tigers, a bear and now ligers too. Ligers? Ares and his little brother, Yeti, are the newest residents at St. Augustine Wild Reserve a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary that also is a rescue center for unwanted exotic animals. Deborah Warrick, a carnivore biologist and veteran wild animal handler, founded the reserve to educate the public about exotic animal ownership as well as prevent future animal abuse. Warrick and sanctuary volunteers welcomed the brother ligers about two months ago. A liger is the hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. Lions and tigers are competing predators so they avoid each other in the wild. Ligers result from...
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