Graham Thirkill Loc: Idylic North Yorkshire, England UK.

Enjoy......

In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth
to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs.Here's your smile for the day.

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?
I am sending this to all that love animals.............It is just too cute not to pass on.

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RichardQ Loc: Colorado

Incredible, Graham! Thank you so much. I hope the zoo keeps the mother well fed.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Thats an amazing story Graham thanks so much for sharing

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Good going for the zoo. Thinking outside the box

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

Thanks for these Graham. We CAN all get along. I think this is more proof that there is a GOD.

Tom

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

This is a great story, and the moral is so appropriate right now.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Heartwarming! And a great way to chronicle the event. Good on ya Mate!

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Excellent documentary series! And a big smile! Thanks for sharing!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Cute

But I'll bet she wants to question the Dad about his family background.

Lady Red Loc: Puget Sound, WA

I like that. Love across species.

richosob Loc: Lambertville, MI

Great story Graham, always enjoy your posts. It would be nice if everyone could get along like this group of animals.

Rich

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Great story, thanks for sharing it.

exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire

Here we go again. A nice story about humans figuring out a way to comfort a bereaved mother tiger. That is the story..pure and simple. Some deduce that since the tiger accepts the piglets as a reasonable substitute for her own, we humans therefore can get along. Nice idea. History has shown that we humans don't really get along, but the idea is appealing just the same. Now someone declares that this whole story proves that there is a God. Where did that come from?? Superstition, voodoo, make-believe and general ignorance has done more to feed the fires of hatred and mass killings than anyone should be comfortable with. Just a thought: if you want to truly get along , dump the make-believe bullshit.

Oyens

People! You have missed the reality here. "Mom" is waiting for the pigs to grow in size so that they will provide a better meal when she eats them.

ad9mac

[ Superstition, voodoo, make-believe and general ignorance has done more to feed the fires of hatred and mass killings than anyone should be comfortable with. Just a thought: if you want to truly get along , dump the make-believe bullshit.[/quote]

Yeah, Let's follow our favorite humanitarian atheists leads...
Adolph, Mao, Josef