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Kansas zoo Labrador Retriever nurses rejected tiger cub triplets
By Stone Martindale Jul 31, 2008, 17:53 GMT
who could reject these babies? Dogs are a cat\'s best friend at times too...EPA/EDUARDO RESENDIZ
Yesterday we had Princess Chunk. the 44-pound foreclosed upon lost kitty cat, and today it's Isabella, the Labrador Retriever mix who has stepped up to the plate and taken over mom duties for a trio of rejected baby tiger cubs.
The Kansas zoo Safari Zoological Park has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother. and owner Tom Harvey told local reporters that the tiger cubs were born on Sunday, but the mother just stopped caring for them.
Harvey told reporters that the cubs were wandering around, trying to find their birth mother who just wouldn't pay attention to them.
That's when the cubs were placed with Isabella the mama dog who had just weaned her own puppies.
"The timing couldn't have been any better," said Mr. Harvey.
Isabella has taken to the cubs as she licks, cleans and feeds them.
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DEpleyAug 3rd, 2008 - 20:34:32
To all of you out there posting negitive comments about Safari Zoological Park, Tom and Allie Harvey, The Tiger Cubs, ect. Here is my message to you:
Please do NOT make comments that are negitive if you are not fully educated on all of the facts. I will tell you how I know first hand. I run public relations for the park. I have gone on several guided tours, and know the Harveys. These people love their animals.
Mostly I would like to say that white tigers are a natural occurance. However, not many of them survive in the wild due to their coloration. It is a recessive gene from the orange tiger that causes a tiger cub to become white, and if both parents have that gene, then there is a 1 in 4 chance their offspring can be white.
Secondly the Harvey''s are NOT running a tiger mill. This is a completely FALSE statement, to say that they are.This is a slanderess statement. All of Safari Zoological Park''s animals are kept in natural habitats. Tom does not believe in birth control being used. So if they breed and have babies, then they do.
I welcome everyone to make a trip out to Caney Kansas to come see for yourself the truth, and to come meet Tom and Allie Harvey. Then please come back and share your opinion.
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