It’s another one of those stories of surrogate mom-hood. This time at the Kansas City zoo.

The three tiger cubs were born on Saturday and their own mother quickly stopped taking care of them. Luckily for the newborn tiger cubs, Isabella the Golden Retriever, had just recently weaned her litter of puppies and had no problem taking on the cubs.

Zoo owner Tom Harvey says, “The timing couldn’t have been any better.”

Although it’s not something that happens very often, it does happen and I’ve done quite a number of stories about dogs playing surrogate mom to cats, bigs one and small ones.

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Tell Me Why . . .
does no one hold me when I cry?

They say we are a good-natured breed,
cheerful and easy to get along with,
that to be happy there is little we need

A place to have fun and not much more,
good food, a warm spot to sleep, and love
but I won’t get that down on this floor.

I was brought here when I was fairly young –
a gawky, healthy pup and though it’s been a while
I still recall starlight and the bright, warm sun

I remember running on grass and gazing at the sky
I had litter mates once and we would tumble and play
now there are dogs I can’t see, but I hear them cry

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