Sunday 31 May 2009

Abandoned tiger cub follows in Knut's paws at Stroehen Zoo in Germany

Orphaned tiger cub rescued by German zoo and being looked after by a pack of dogs

by: Rachael Wheeler
31 May 2009

A TWO week old tiger cub which was abandoned by its mother is now being looked after by a pack of dogs.

The tiny predator has been adopted by a Dachshund and a group of hunting dogs at Stroehen Zoo in Germany.

Staff are bottle feeding the furry orphan, who acts more like a domestic cat than a killing machine in training. The cub has even taken to rubbing itself against the zookeeper’s legs and nudging them for a little cuddle.

The rescued tiger is following in the paws of Knut, the famous polar bear who began life as a cute cub at Berlin Zoo in 2006.

The centre of a mass media campaign for animal rights, dubbed as ‘Knutmania’, the polar bear is now fully grown and looked upon as a national icon.

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/weird/odd-news/abandoned-tiger-cub-follows-in-knuts-paws-at-stroehen-zoo-in-germany

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