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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.


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To: martin_fierro
Love that pic!

Someone better remind her of what happened with these guys

21 posted on 04/03/2005 8:07:56 PM PDT by Clock King
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To: Clock King; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; ...
Someone better remind her of what happened with these guys

You mean this?


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22 posted on 04/03/2005 8:41:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("The Internet, where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents..." --Unknown)
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To: martin_fierro

23 posted on 04/03/2005 8:43:17 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("The Internet, where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents..." --Unknown)
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To: Slings and Arrows
hahahaaaa!

She's nutz.


24 posted on 04/04/2005 2:22:57 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: martin_fierro
Here, kitty, kitty.

****

Hey, mf, that tiger girl is fine! Love those legs...... hell, I love everything, even those whiskers.

;-)

25 posted on 04/04/2005 4:35:18 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Advanced Directive -- don't step on my blue suede shoes.)
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To: Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro
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

It's obvious that after two the mama tiger didn't want any more...

26 posted on 04/04/2005 6:33:14 AM PDT by mikrofon (Noah, Noah!)
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To: martin_fierro
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow,"

Good call.

27 posted on 04/04/2005 8:27:39 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: martin_fierro
Robin Williams: "May I numb your breast?"

"Of course"

"Num num num num numm...."

28 posted on 04/05/2005 5:16:21 PM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a leftist with a word processor.)
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29 posted on 04/05/2005 10:22:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (last updated my FreeRepublic profile on Friday, March 25, 2005.)
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To: cyborg; fortunecookie; arasina
Make sure you see #22. LOLOL
30 posted on 04/25/2005 6:52:46 AM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: Petronski

LOL!!!!


31 posted on 04/25/2005 6:54:55 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Petronski; cyborg; arasina

Oh, lol, and that's just gross. Let's hope she doesn't get too attached to them. Ugh.


32 posted on 04/25/2005 10:47:00 AM PDT by fortunecookie
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