Sunday, November 12, 2006

Mother of the Year!!! A email from Kari

I know all of you have probably seen this before but it still is amazing. I think these pictures could also be titled "Friends are the Family we choose"! Adoption has always been a good option in the animal kingdom. Kudos to all the Mothers in the world! Love, De
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In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set oftriplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in thepregnancy, 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 startedto decline in health, although physically she was fine. Theveterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogateanother mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressingnews was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something tha thad never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of onespecies will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zookeepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed thebabies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops??Take a look........ you won't believe your eyes!!

2 comments:

TawniB said...

I like this story!!!!

Anonymous said...

I thought it was sooooooooo cute!
KH