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05-04-06
21:58:21
YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar woman has been breastfeeding two tiger cubs at a Yangon zoo since they were taken from their aggressive mother, the London Telegraph reported. Hla Htay, the mother of three offered her services after a hostile Bengal tiger killed one of her cubs. The two surviving cubs, a male and a female, were removed from their mother and now receive feedings from Htay four times a day. "I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the Myanmar Times. The cubs were the first born at the zoo in 16 years. The Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris, is listed as endangered on the World Conservation Union's red list, with the global population estimated at fewer than 2,500.