09/07
トラに仔ぶたの赤ちゃんを！＠カリフォルニア
動物をこよなく愛する我がIACの理事長から、こんなニュースを教えてもらいました〜
カリフォルニアの動物園でのニュースです。
カリフォルニアの動物園で死産をした母トラが精神的に参って病気になってしまったそうです。
代わりの仔トラを探してもいなかったため、そこの獣医さんが工夫して養子を与えたとのことです。
食用になってしまう可能性もあるので、心配しながらの試みだったのですが、
結果はご覧のとおりです。
母トラの表情が自愛に満ちて、仔ぶたも母トラそっくりな様子が印象的です。
仔ぶたちゃんはどうやらトラのパンツ、いやトラの洋服を着ている模様
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.
こんなにたくさんの仔ぶたさんのお母さんをしているのね！
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health,
although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused
the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate
another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.
なんとも美しい写真
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there
were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians
decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother
of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans" that could be
found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in
tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?
Take a look...you won't believe your eyes!!
世界ではいろんな試みがなされていることに驚きつつも、
いろんな形でいろんなものが存在していることにあらためて気付かされます。
自分だったらこの母トラに何をしてあげただろうか、と考えつつも
異種ながらに心の絆が芽生えているこの光景を見ると
純粋に微笑ましい気持ちになってしまうのは私だけではないでしょう。
ところでなんでブタさんをチョイスしたんだろう？笑
仔ぶたちゃんはどうやらトラのパンツ、いやトラの洋服を着ている模様
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.
こんなにたくさんの仔ぶたさんのお母さんをしているのね！
The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health,
although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused
the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate
another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.
なんとも美しい写真
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there
were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians
decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother
of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans" that could be
found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in
tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?
Take a look...you won't believe your eyes!!
世界ではいろんな試みがなされていることに驚きつつも、
いろんな形でいろんなものが存在していることにあらためて気付かされます。
自分だったらこの母トラに何をしてあげただろうか、と考えつつも
異種ながらに心の絆が芽生えているこの光景を見ると
純粋に微笑ましい気持ちになってしまうのは私だけではないでしょう。
ところでなんでブタさんをチョイスしたんだろう？笑