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Aw! What a nice mother! Look at her face! I think she knows that these kittehs aren’t her babies, but she’s nursing them because she’s a total sweetheart. Does anyone know the back story behind this picture?
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That lovely doggie is Isabella, who adopted those white tiger cubs at the Safari Zoological Park in Kansas. The cubs were rejected by their mother, and Isabella was willing and able to step in.
Yup, and she had just finished nursing her pups so she was still producing milk.
you so love tigers then
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25945650/
Sweet Mum,looks like she is thinking….”d’oh.my babies seem different???”Bless!
OUCH! Hey, don’t bite so hard ‘kay?
Hah, seriously! My cat had seven kittens and her tummy was raw and blistered and bleeding from how bad they mangled her when they nursed. She ended up with thick areas of scar tissue around the edge of each teat, the poor thing.
Sweet! I made front page! I had no idea what the backstory was, I just aqueed my head off when I saw this and said “THIS HAS TO BE ON THE DAILY SQUEEEEE!”
Awwww, I love it when mommies adopt a baby (or a litter) of another species. Shows what good kind creatures they are.
This just goes to show……a mommy is a mommy and will take care of any babies that need love
Why did the cub’s mum rejected her babies?
Probably a first time mother.. but sometimes moms just get spooked and don’t get what babies are for.
Especially zoo animal moms, who may have never seen a baby of their own kind before.
Another link to the story, as found by TinEye.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/strange/la-on-dogadopt31-2008jul31,0,1195891.story
Not to kill the squee, but mom might have rejected them because they are super inbred… all white tigers are bred down from one that was found in the wild. The gene is recessive, so many deformed little tigers are born along with the super cute ones.
Oh, no! Let’s hope these ones will be OK.
Isn’t that the “Awesome Pawsome” from the Australia zoo?
Oops, just saw the linky…nebber mind. ; )
i love every dog cat