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alsame

(7,784 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 04:14 PM Jun 2013

Cat nurses week-old abandoned puppy

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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

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Cat nurses week-old abandoned puppy (Original Post) alsame Jun 2013 OP
Thanks, I needed that dose of happy news. beac Jun 2013 #1
Love it. love_katz Jun 2013 #2
When I was little we had a Fox Terrier who nursed a couple of baby squirrels. Auntie Bush Jun 2013 #3
What an amazing story! I love how animals do alsame Jun 2013 #4

beac

(9,992 posts)
1. Thanks, I needed that dose of happy news.
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 04:52 PM
Jun 2013


Brava, Lurlene! Hope you find a wonderful forever home once your mixed species brood is weaned. "hug:

love_katz

(2,584 posts)
2. Love it.
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 05:54 PM
Jun 2013
to Lurlene.

I second the motion for a loving forever home for Lurline, and her mixed brood.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
3. When I was little we had a Fox Terrier who nursed a couple of baby squirrels.
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 07:43 PM
Jun 2013

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)
4. What an amazing story! I love how animals do
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 07:46 PM
Jun 2013

this, they will adopt babies of other species

Maybe you could check the archives of the newspaper for the picture, they might have it.

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