Isabella the golden retriever adopts 3 tiger cubs
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Hot Momma
Here’s a heart warming story of a golden retriever who is filling in as a mom to 3 tiger cubs. The white tiger cubs were reportedly born Sunday at a zoo in Kansas called The Safari Zoological Park, which specializes in endangered species.
It has leopards, lions, cougars, baboons, ring-tailed lemurs, bears and other animals. It currently has seven white tigers and two orange tigers.
Because white tigers are inbred from the first specimen found more than a half-century ago, they are not as genetically stable as orange tigers. And apparently the cubs mom is not the motherly type and decided not to nurse the cubs after the first night. The tiger cubs were very hungry, so Isabella the dog stepped in to help. She had just weaned her own puppies, so she was still milk laden. The zoo owner Tom Harvey told AP, “The timing couldn’t have been any better.” He went on to say that Isabella not only feeds but also, but she also licks and cleans them.
Click here to see the video of Isabella in action, its adorable!
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