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Mon 16 Jul, 2007 09:49 am
Quote:Baby panther adopted by dog
Sun Jul 15, 6:43 PM ET
BELGRADE, Serbia - Man's best friend helped save this tiny cat.
A 15-day-old female panther named Milica has been adopted by a Rhodesian Ridgeback after her mother refused to feed her and tried to kill her in the Belgrade zoo.
A worker holds two weeks old black panther, Milica in Belgrade's Zoo, Saturday, July 14, 2007. The cub is adopted by a dog, who helps rear it along with her own puppies, after baby panther's mother tried to eat it. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
"The mother panther has killed all her cubs since 1999," zookeeper Dragan Jovanovic said.
"We believe she has been traumatized by the sound of NATO bombs" during airstrikes in the Serbian capital intended to stop former President Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists in 1999, he said.
Now Milica fights with several newborn puppies over milk from her adopted mother. She also appears to enjoy every bit of attention she gets from her new family.
If you click the headline to go to the story, on the left it has a link to a video of the baby panther too... (awwww)
I would be interested in how long this relationship can last. It would be fascinating if we could see how this "adoption" develops.
Shut up and dye your hair.
Is it just me or is that the spitting image of a young Huey Lewis?
I meant Huey Newton, by the way.
That dog's not stoopid - he knows to keep his potential enemies close.
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