Tiger Piglets?
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 weaner pigs.
The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and
placed the babies around the mother tiger…
