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Tiger and Piglets.

By Alex in Animal, Pictures on Jun 1, 2006 at 8:57 pm


I’ve seen these cute photos of a tiger and piglets circulating round the Net before, but I didn’t know the background story until now:

Sai Mai, a 26-month-old female tiger, plays with baby pigs at a zoo in Chonburi province, 80 km (50 miles) east of Bangkok, Thailand on May 7, 2003. The Royal Bengali tigress was born in captivity and breast-fed bya female pig for four months after her birth.

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  1. Julie
    Jun 2nd, 2006 at 11:48 am

    Hey, this is a tourist gimmick and the animals live in horrible living conditions. I received an e-mail similiar to this: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tiger_and_piglets.htm

    Check out these sites: http://www.awionline.org/pubs/quarterly/05%5F54%5F1/541p1011.htm
    http://www.bornfree.org.uk/zoocheck/zcnews040501.shtml

  2. Loopy Loo
    Jun 2nd, 2006 at 12:19 pm

    Too cute!

  3. Alex
    Jun 3rd, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    That is sad, Julie. Thanks for the links!

  4. Loopy Loo
    Jun 3rd, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    ok, well now i feel like an idiot for writing 'Too cute!' i didn't see the comment and links Julie had posted.

  5. Katster
    Oct 10th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    Loopy Loo - you are NOT an idiot. It IS cute and it is not a bad thing. It is good that all these animals are happy together! It does not matter if tourists happen to like seeing cross-species, that is a GOOD thing. It enables the zoo to better care for the animals.. And, if I may risk being a bit sentimental, maybe it suggests that we, humans, might be able to get along a bit more, despite differences...

    Not sure why Julie is so critical about this situation, everyone is safe and happy. There are a lot of unhappy endings to animal stories... maybe she should devout her studies toward those... like the millions of cats and dogs put down in this BIG FAT SELFISH country of ours.

    There is nothing wrong with finding this story cute or enchanting, because it is both. You are just a tender-hearted sweet animal lover.. and that is NOT IDIOT!!!

  6. The Dude
    Feb 22nd, 2008 at 3:45 am

    Kaster, If you would do a bit more of research you would find out that these cute tigers are put to sleep and sold in China for their body parts in traditional medicine. These people do comemrcial breeding while the wild counterparts of these tigers will become extinct within the first half of this century. The other tigers in the zoo balance on ropes and get beaten if they don't.

  7. Brooks
    Feb 25th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    Ass

  8. Brooks
    Feb 25th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Hi pigs ass

  9. Brooks
    Feb 25th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Hi

  10. jordygirl
    May 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    um these pics r soo cute and that is sad wat julie said. :-( !!um i was just looking at piglets on google and i found this and im glad i did! soo wat is everybody doin? lol

  11. jordygirl
    May 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    hi again im bored tee hee!!

  12. jordygirl
    Jun 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    come on someone write a comment PLZ

  13. jordygirl
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    ugh

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