My mum sent this in email today
I'm not sure how old this story is but I thought i'd share it...
so cool and cute!
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In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth
to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately,
due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs
were born prematurely and due to their tiny size,
they died shortly after birth.
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health,although
physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall
into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there
were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to
the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided
to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species
will take on the care of a different species. The
only orphans that could be found quickly, were a
litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they
become cubs or pork chops?
Take a look...you won't believe your eyes!!
I'm not sure how old this story is but I thought i'd share it...
so cool and cute!
__________________
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth
to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately,
due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs
were born prematurely and due to their tiny size,
they died shortly after birth.
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health,although
physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall
into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there
were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to
the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided
to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species
will take on the care of a different species. The
only orphans that could be found quickly, were a
litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they
become cubs or pork chops?
Take a look...you won't believe your eyes!!
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