Dog Adopts Tiger Cub at German Zoo

Mom rejected cub after delivery last weekend
By A Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted May 20, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
Dog Adopts Tiger Cub at German Zoo
Bessi the dachshund and the nameless 5-day-old tiger cub she "adopted" this week face the world in Stroehen, northern Germany.   (AP Photo)

A tiger cub rejected by its mother shortly after birth last weekend is on its second canine mom. A dachshund belonging to the zookeepers adopted the spurned cub but later died. Now the dog's daughter, Bessi, is raising the infant she "fell in love" with, a rep for Germany's Stroehen Zoo tells the Los Angeles Times.
(More tiger cub stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X