Editing Liger (section)

==Health and longevity==
Though ligers typically have a life expectancy of between 13 and 18 years, they are occasionally known to live into their 20s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ligerworld.com/recorded-ages-of-ligers.html |title=Liger: Recorded Ages of the Ligers |publisher=Ligerworld.com |access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref> A ligress named Shasta was born at the [[Hogle Zoo]] in [[Salt Lake City]] on 14 May 1948 and died in 1972 at age 24.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/466968/BABY-LIGER-BROUGHT-NEW-LIFE-TO-STRUGGLING-ZOO.html?pg=all|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203005527/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/466968/BABY-LIGER-BROUGHT-NEW-LIFE-TO-STRUGGLING-ZOO.html?pg=all|url-status = dead|archive-date = 3 February 2015|title = BABY LIGER BROUGHT NEW LIFE TO STRUGGLING ZOO|last = Twila Van Leer|date = 21 January 1996|work = [[Deseret News]]|access-date = 1 February 2015}}</ref> Nook, a liger at a facility in Wisconsin, died in 2007, at 21 years old.<ref name=ligerfacts2016/><ref name="LigerWorldNook"/> Hobbs, a male liger at the [[Sierra Safari Zoo]] in Reno, Nevada, lived to almost 15 years of age before succumbing to liver failure, and weighed {{cvt|450|kg}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-11000/largest-cat-hybrid/ |title= Largest cat hybrid |publisher= [[Guinness World Records]] |date= 2004 |accessdate= 15 January 2022}}</ref>

[[File:NSK-ZOO-liger.jpg|thumb|A liger at [[Novosibirsk Zoo]]]]
[[Panthera hybrid|''Panthera'' hybrid]]s tend to experience a higher rate of injury and neurological disorder than non-hybrids. Though not without exceptions, ligers and tigons may develop health issues. Organ failure issues have been reported in ligers, in addition to [[neurological deficit]]s, [[Sterility (physiology)|sterility]], cancer, and [[arthritis]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://crownridgetigers.com/lions-tigons-and-hybrids-oh-my |title= Ligers, Tigons, and Hybrids, Oh My! |publisher= Crown Ridge Tigers |author= Lauren Frantz |date= 14 December 2013 |accessdate= 15 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wildcatsanctuary.org/ligers-whats-the-reality-for-these-big-cat-hybrids/ |title= Tigers – what's the reality for these big cat hybrids? |publisher= The Wildcat Sanctuary |date= 31 January 2017 |access-date= 15 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peta.org/blog/ligers-tigons-frankencats-shouldnt-bred/|title=This Is Why Ligers, Tigons, and Other 'Frankencats' Shouldn't Be Bred|date=19 May 2017|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>