Woman Breastfeeds Newborn Tiger Cubs

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Woman breastfeeds newborn tiger cubs

 

 

By Sebastien Berger, South East Asia Correspondent

(Filed: 04/04/2005)

 

 

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.

 

London Telegraph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strange person! She could have expressed the milk and given it in a bottle,

if necessary.

 

Jo

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Nice woman, hope she can spot their teeth coming through before its too late.....ouch!

The Valley Vegan.......Rick Stevens <ecology1st2004 wrote:

Woman breastfeeds newborn tiger cubsBy Sebastien Berger, South East Asia Correspondent(Filed: 04/04/2005)A Burmese woman is breastfeeding two tiger cubs at azoo in Rangoon afterthey were removed from their aggressive mother.Hla Htay, 40, who has three children, the youngestseven months old, offeredher services after the Bengal tiger cubs' mother, NoahNoah, killed thethird member of her litter.The two others, a male and a female, were taken fromher and now receivebottle feeds as well as Hla Htay's milk four times aday."I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed thembefore their teeth grow,"she told the Myanmar Times, a privately-ownedEnglish-language paper in thecapital.The cubs were born at the Rangoon zoo a fortnight ago,the first there for16 years. The

Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris, is listedas endangered on theWorld Conservation Union's red list, with the globalpopulation estimated atfewer than 2,500.A tenth of them live in Burma, where they are underthreat from poachersseeking to feed markets for traditional medicines andtrophies.Big cat skins are easily obtained at markets on theThai-Burmese border,with snow leopards the most commonly available.Dealers say that tiger partsare becoming more expensive and hard to obtain becauseof their dwindlingsupply.Noah Noah and her mate were one of two pairs of tigerssent to the zoo fromThailand four years ago as part of an animal exchange.London Telegraph Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun.

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