In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications 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. The Zoo 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 cub's, 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 weaning pigs. The zoo vets wrapped the piglets in a tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.
Briha
Only time will tell whether they become cubs or pork chops?? !!!
Will this TIGER change her Stripes?
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Re: Will this TIGER change her Stripes?
Good one,i think they will become Cubs & not PORK Chops,there was a semi-tame tiger in Jaipur Zoo by the name of Happy,when he was a cub,his mate was a Fox Terrier,Happy used to become very aggressive when he would see other dog's,but when ever he would see his childhood mate he would lie down on his back & play with him,though the poor Terrier would be shivering most of the times.Nature sometimes makes some amazing friend's,but then only Nature knows how she works.