newsFlash: Tiger Pig, Tiger Pig
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in All, Blog, newsFlash | 6 Comments
OK, this isn’t very recent news, but I just dug this up from an old email that Will Pate sent me. The link to more pics and the full story is http://www.frogview.com/show2.php?file=415 . Here’s the basics…
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother’s cubs, perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veter inarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.”
Wow!
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Well I hate to say it, but when I see lovely stories like this, I tend not to believe them and head straight to Snopes. I think you and Will might have been caught out…
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/tigerpig.asp
Sorry guys
D’oh! Thanks for keeping us honest, Phil! (Why do people make these things up???)
So I’m confused Is this true or not?
Hi Jim,
The photo hasn’t been doctored in any way, it’s just the backstory that is incorrect.
Jeff
Hey Jeff, Are you based in HFX?
Hi Ajay,
JEFF here – can’t login now for some reason.
Yes, I am based in Halifax.
Jeff