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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!
Now, please tell me one more time ...
Why can't the rest of the world get along?
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