Abandoned tiger cub follows in Knut's paws at Stroehen Zoo in Germany
Orphaned tiger cub rescued by German zoo and being looked after by a pack of dogs
31 May 2009
A TWO week old tiger cub which was abandoned by its mother is now being looked after by a pack of dogs.
The tiny predator has been adopted by a Dachshund and a group of hunting dogs at Stroehen Zoo in Germany.
Staff are bottle feeding the furry orphan, who acts more like a domestic cat than a killing machine in training. The cub has even taken to rubbing itself against the zookeeper’s legs and nudging them for a little cuddle.
The rescued tiger is following in the paws of Knut, the famous polar bear who began life as a cute cub at Berlin Zoo in 2006.
The centre of a mass media campaign for animal rights, dubbed as ‘Knutmania’, the polar bear is now fully grown and looked upon as a national icon.
See more cute pictures of the orphaned tiger cub above
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