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Woman breastfeeding tiger cubs in Myanmar
AFP/Yahoo ^ | Sun Apr 3, 5:57 PM ET

Posted on 04/03/2005 7:07:02 PM PDT by martin_fierro

Woman breastfeeding tiger cubs in Myanmar

Sun Apr 3, 5:57 PM ET

YANGO (AFP) - 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 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 Myanmar Times weekly reported in its edition to be published Monday.

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.

The cubs were the first born at the zoo for 16 years. Veterinarian Kyaw Myo Hlaing said they were being bottle-fed along with Hla Htay's half-hour breastfeeding sessions four times a day, the report said.

The cubs are to go on public display in two month's time.

Noah Noah and her mate were among two pairs of tigers sent from Thailand under an animal exchange program in 2001.

One year ago Myanmar's military government created the world's largest tiger reserve to protect its big cats, 250 of which remain in the wild.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Humor; Pets/Animals; Test Topic, Ignore It; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: catwoman; filth; ouch; pervert; stopbiting
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1 posted on 04/03/2005 7:07:02 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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2 posted on 04/03/2005 7:08:36 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro
The only thing that got the image of the Tigers suckling a human was that horrid picture of Billary above.
3 posted on 04/03/2005 7:09:56 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: martin_fierro

Your picture just changed my opinion of cats. WOW. Here kitty.


4 posted on 04/03/2005 7:12:07 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: martin_fierro

EEEEEwwwwwwww.....


5 posted on 04/03/2005 7:13:16 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Success doesn't "happen." It is organized, preempted, captured, by consecrated common sense.)
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To: TheMom; Squantos

Okay ........


6 posted on 04/03/2005 7:13:55 PM PDT by Eaker (stop and kick dirt on these n00bs actin like b00bs.......:o) - Squantos 18-Feb-05 -)
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To: satchmodog9
Your picture just changed my opinion of cats. WOW. Here kitty

Nice kitty, let me make you bark like a dog!!!!

7 posted on 04/03/2005 7:18:05 PM PDT by dirtbiker (Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
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To: Eaker; TheMom

Clearly she heard of the girls that wouldn't monkey with the monkey and decided to keep her job !


8 posted on 04/03/2005 7:23:21 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: martin_fierro
2% anyone?


9 posted on 04/03/2005 7:25:13 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: martin_fierro

Maybe the cubs learned the sign language from Koko the gorilla ("show me your breasts").


10 posted on 04/03/2005 7:28:12 PM PDT by KidGlock (Get in the pit and try to love some one)
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To: martin_fierro

Aren't they BORN with...TEETH?


11 posted on 04/03/2005 7:29:21 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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"I decided to feed them before their teeth grow"

Good idea. I'd check those claws, too.

12 posted on 04/03/2005 7:31:53 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Tiger Beat.)
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To: martin_fierro

Great. That will just ensure that those tigers always view humans as a source of FOOD.


13 posted on 04/03/2005 7:32:28 PM PDT by SIDENET (Yankee Air Pirate)
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To: martin_fierro
It only took one bite for my son to lose nursing privileges.... and he didn't have teeth! (perhaps it was the laugh that did it... I don't remember)

I can't imagine even thinking about nursing big cats!

14 posted on 04/03/2005 7:34:33 PM PDT by Grammy (Never try to teach a pig to sing... it wastes your time and annoys the pig.)
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To: martin_fierro
Hla Htay, 40, . . . a mother of three

At least the tiger cubs won't have to reach up very far.

15 posted on 04/03/2005 7:36:16 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Tiger Beat.)
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To: Grammy
Don't forget about the VERY scratchy tongues either....
16 posted on 04/03/2005 7:39:27 PM PDT by Mongeaux
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To: bannie

No, cats start getting teeth in the 4-6 weeks range.

But, EEEW! If she wanted to help, couldn't she pump milk for them to bottle-feed?


17 posted on 04/03/2005 7:44:09 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Do not fear the words of a sinner, for his splendor will turn into dung and worms.)
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To: martin_fierro

Meeeeow!

Here, kitty, kitty

Too bad she's insane


18 posted on 04/03/2005 7:48:23 PM PDT by Crazieman (Islam. Religion of peace, and they'll kill you to prove it.)
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To: martin_fierro

She's got more balls than I do.....well, you know what I mean...


19 posted on 04/03/2005 7:53:12 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (I don't drink and FReep...it just looks that way)
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To: martin_fierro
These animals are not meant to be captive. I wonder... Rumour has it some of my African ancestors who were brought to US as slaves, would kill their children to prevent them from being slaves. I don't remember reading any actual accounts of this, but...

Some creatures will never tolerate captivity.

20 posted on 04/03/2005 8:03:03 PM PDT by Clock King
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