April 4, 2005
EAT YOUR HEART OUT, JOY ADAMSON:
Woman breastfeeds tiger cubs (Agence France-Presse, April 04, 2005)
A LACTATING woman in Myanmar has volunteered to breastfeed a pair of endangered Bengal tiger cubs recently born at a Yangon zoo and separated from their aggressive mother, the Myanmar Times reported.Posted by Orrin Judd at April 4, 2005 7:26 PMThe two week-old cubs, a male and a female, were taken from their mother Noah Noah after she killed the third cub in her litter, prompting veterinarians to engage in alternative childcare, the semi-official weekly reported.
Hla Htay, 40, a relative of a Yangon Zoological Gardens staffer and a mother of three including a seven-month-old baby, stepped in when she learned the cubs needed breast milk to survive.
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the newspaper.
Could name the cubs RomulusII and RemusII. Nah, maybe not.
Posted by: Tom Wall at April 4, 2005 9:37 PMmeanwhile, ted kennedy was seen bording a flight to mynamar with a tiger costume in his carry-on luggage.
Posted by: cjm at April 4, 2005 10:37 PMThey'rrrrr great!!!!!!
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at April 4, 2005 11:06 PMCJM: only if the woman produced scotch.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at April 5, 2005 12:59 AM