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Woman breastfeeding tiger cubs in Myanmar
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| 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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KEYWORDS: catwoman; filth; ouch; pervert; stopbiting
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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.
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:09:56 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: martin_fierro
Your picture just changed my opinion of cats. WOW. Here kitty.
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:12:07 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: martin_fierro
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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.)
To: TheMom; Squantos
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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 -)
To: satchmodog9
Your picture just changed my opinion of cats. WOW. Here kittyNice kitty, let me make you bark like a dog!!!!
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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!)
To: Eaker; TheMom
Clearly she heard of the girls that wouldn't monkey with the monkey and decided to keep her job !
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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. ©)
To: martin_fierro
2% anyone?
To: martin_fierro
Maybe the cubs learned the sign language from Koko the gorilla ("show me your breasts").
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:28:12 PM PDT
by
KidGlock
(Get in the pit and try to love some one)
To: martin_fierro
Aren't they BORN with...TEETH?
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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.)
To: martin_fierro; mikrofon
"I decided to feed them before their teeth grow" Good idea. I'd check those claws, too.
To: martin_fierro
Great. That will just ensure that those tigers always view humans as a source of FOOD.
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:32:28 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Yankee Air Pirate)
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!
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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.)
To: martin_fierro
Hla Htay, 40, . . . a mother of three At least the tiger cubs won't have to reach up very far.
To: Grammy
Don't forget about the VERY scratchy tongues either....
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:39:27 PM PDT
by
Mongeaux
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?
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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.)
To: martin_fierro
Meeeeow!
Here, kitty, kitty
Too bad she's insane
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:48:23 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Islam. Religion of peace, and they'll kill you to prove it.)
To: martin_fierro
She's got more balls than I do.....well, you know what I mean...
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posted on
04/03/2005 7:53:12 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(I don't drink and FReep...it just looks that way)
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.
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