A dog, named Kleopatra is nursing two tiger cubs, abandoned by their mother at a resort zoo near Sochi.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankAt the Oktyabrsky resort zoo near Sochi, a dog, named Kleopatra is nursing two tiger cubs, abandoned by their mother, tigress Bagira. The dog, a Shar Pei that has recently had her own pups, was found at a local dog training club.
At the Oktyabrsky resort zoo near Sochi, a dog, named Kleopatra is nursing two tiger cubs, abandoned by their mother, tigress Bagira. The dog, a Shar Pei that has recently had her own pups, was found at a local dog training club.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankKleopatra readily “adopted” the tiny cubs and has been eagerly nursing them along with its own puppies.
Kleopatra readily “adopted” the tiny cubs and has been eagerly nursing them along with its own puppies.
The cubs are also being fed by goat milk.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankTigers Bagira and Batyr had no interest in nursing their own cubs, which happens quite frequently when animals are kept in captivity.
Tigers Bagira and Batyr had no interest in nursing their own cubs, which happens quite frequently when animals are kept in captivity.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankThe cubs are too tiny to play with the puppies, but they get along quite well.
The cubs are too tiny to play with the puppies, but they get along quite well.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankThey can only stay with their foster family for about two weeks, as Kleopatra won’t be able to nurse them for much longer.
They can only stay with their foster family for about two weeks, as Kleopatra won’t be able to nurse them for much longer.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankWhen the cubs grow up a bit, they will return to the Zoo.
When the cubs grow up a bit, they will return to the Zoo.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mokrushin / Go to the mediabankA girl playing with a cub, being nursed by the dog Kleopatra.
A girl playing with a cub, being nursed by the dog Kleopatra.