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Woman Breastfeeds Newborn Tiger Cubs
Telegraph (UK) ^
| 04/04/2005
| Sebastien Berger
Posted on 04/04/2005 5:22:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Burmese woman is breastfeeding two tiger cubs at a zoo in Rangoon after they were removed from their aggressive mother.
Hla Htay, 40, who has three children, the youngest seven months old, offered her services after the Bengal tiger cubs' mother, Noah Noah, killed the third member of her litter.
The two others, a male and a female, were taken from her and now receive bottle feeds as well as Hla Htay's milk four times a day.
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the Myanmar Times, a privately-owned English-language paper in the capital.
The cubs were born at the Rangoon zoo a fortnight ago, the first there for 16 years. The Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris, is listed as endangered on the World Conservation Union's red list, with the global population estimated at fewer than 2,500.
A tenth of them live in Burma, where they are under threat from poachers seeking to feed markets for traditional medicines and trophies.
Big cat skins are easily obtained at markets on the Thai-Burmese border, with snow leopards the most commonly available. Dealers say that tiger parts are becoming more expensive and hard to obtain because of their dwindling supply.
Noah Noah and her mate were one of two pairs of tigers sent to the zoo from Thailand four years ago as part of an animal exchange.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; burma; maternalinstinct; tigers
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To: NormsRevenge
If it is more than a mouthful...
To: nickcarraway
I'm HUNGERY!!!
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:35:51 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: RightOnlinesWife
....and you thought you were tough nursing seven kids, eh????
To: workerbee; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus; martin_fierro; dighton
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the Myanmar Times, She'll be the first to know when they start teething.
To: anniegetyourgun
I can't even imagine.
I'd rather not imagine. Ew ick.
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:36:38 PM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(I'm not pro-death, I'm anti-hysteria.)
To: NormsRevenge
Well there is no doubt about it, they do look very well fed....The one behind the front two looks like he wants some more....
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:36:41 PM PDT
by
PigRigger
(Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
To: dighton
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:37:45 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(We miss ya, Indie! Law Enforcement Against Prohibition - http://www.leap.cc)
To: PigRigger
To: nickcarraway; Cagey; MotleyGirl70
After that, she'll need to put the balm on.
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:39:41 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(We miss ya, Indie! Law Enforcement Against Prohibition - http://www.leap.cc)
To: nickcarraway
I don't want to even contemplate the cracked nipple fallout! ;-)
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:40:48 PM PDT
by
Happygal
(liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
To: Happygal
"Cracked Nipple Fallout" would be a great name for a rock band! :^)
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:42:26 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Need a thread hijacked? Call TheBigB! 24 hours a day...reasonable rates...inquire within...)
To: nickcarraway
Someone needs to send this woman a breast pump.
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:44:29 PM PDT
by
ahayes
To: ahayes
Just put some stamps on me and I'm out the door!
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:45:40 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Need a thread hijacked? Call TheBigB! 24 hours a day...reasonable rates...inquire within...)
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:46:15 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(MONSOON 2005, coming to NY near you! "I survived the monsoon!")
To: nickcarraway
"I've got a tiger by the teat it's plain to see..."
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:46:26 PM PDT
by
LRS
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:47:31 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Happygal
Check #29. Just need someone to put the balm on!
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:47:58 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(We miss ya, Indie! Law Enforcement Against Prohibition - http://www.leap.cc)
To: TheBigB
Damn! I shoulda put (c) on that! *LOL*
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
Happygal
(liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
To: Larry Lucido
Haha! Larry, you are ever the thoughtful and willing volunteer for femmes in distress! *ROFL*
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:49:41 PM PDT
by
Happygal
(liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/04/2005 5:49:47 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Hyperbole is the opium of the activist wacko.)
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