Remember that story about the hippo and the toroise?
Here's another one.
The story in full, from the Unknowncountry newsletter (no link is given):
Giveback from the Tiger to the PigThe tiger you see here is 26 month old Sai Mai, a Bengal Tiger who was born in captivity in Thailand and suckled by a pig for four months after her birth.
She lives in a zoo in Chonburi Province about 50 miles from Bangkok, and loves pigs--but not to eat!
The full story is here.
Oh, my goodness . . . Too adorable.
Here are more pix, including one of suckling tiger kit (scroll down) . . . I'm not sure about the rationale, though:
"The zoo is trying to boost visitor numbers by teaching domestic animals such as pigs, and wild animals such as tigers, to live together in harmony from an early age."
Kumbaya, anyone? Makes for great photo ops, though.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | June 22, 2006 at 06:22 PM
Long before Kumbaya, there was the Peaceable Kingdom. An idea in the Bible (not a recent invention of soft-headed eco-liberals), and obviously a very old and deep dream of humankind, if an impossible one. Clever of the zoo to tap into it.
Posted by: amba | June 23, 2006 at 12:51 AM
I bet the tiger eats a pig before the Disney movie comes out.
And no, I'm not just saying that to be cynical.
Posted by: Tom Strong | June 23, 2006 at 05:21 PM
You know, this should have all the fundies up in arms...interspecies relationships may start us down the slippery slope to...err...never mind.
Posted by: sleipner | July 07, 2006 at 03:24 PM