Mother Of The Year!

[MA-Caver]

From an e-mail I gotten... pretty neat. "Mother of the Year" was the title/subject of the mail... it's fitting I think.

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 weaned 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!!

 

[Kacey]

It's a great story... but while the picture is real, the story is inaccurate. Look here for more details.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Interesting find all the way around from both of you.

 

[terryl965]

Great story thanks for sharing

 

[MA-Caver]

Thanks Kacey... while I get stuff like this in the mail from other friends... I should check out the veracity of the stories first... thanks for doing so. :asian:

Still cute though. :uhyeah:

 

[Kacey]

Thanks Kacey... while I get stuff like this in the mail from other friends... I should check out the veracity of the stories first... thanks for doing so. :asian:

Still cute though. :uhyeah:

I only knew because I got it from someone else, and sent it on - at which point a friend of mine sent me the snopes link. :uhyeah:

 

[Jade Tigress]

The pics are still funny/cute/sweet. Just makes me want to say, "Awwwwwwww."