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A pit bull rejected by its mother is being taken care of by an unlikely surrogate: A mama cat.
When Noland was merely 1 day old, he was taken to the Cleveland Animal Protective League without his mother.
"Obviously a 1-day-old puppy, even in the best of circumstances, [the chance of survival] is pretty iffy," Sharon Harvey, president and CEO of the CAPL, told Yahoo News by phone. "We want to give him every chance we could."
The staff decided Noland's best chances were to join a litter of nursing kittens. The question: Would the cat accept a puppy into her brood of four? Amazingly, mom-cat Lurlene welcomed the outsider.
More:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/cat-nurses-week-old-puppy-back-health-145731895.html
beac
(9,992 posts)Brava, Lurlene! Hope you find a wonderful forever home once your mixed species brood is weaned. "hug:
love_katz
(2,584 posts)I second the motion for a loving forever home for Lurline, and her mixed brood.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)They even put a picture of her nursing the squirrels in the newspaper. I used to have the picture and would love to post it...if I could figure out how...but don't know where it is anymore.
alsame
(7,784 posts)this, they will adopt babies of other species
Maybe you could check the archives of the newspaper for the picture, they might have it.