Do you know what all these animals have in common? They have a big heart! It’s not every day that you see a picture of a predator adopting and caring for a baby of another species as if it were its own!
This tiny kangaroo's mother died. And her four-month-old baby was rescued and taken into custody by a ten-year-old German pointer. This case was recorded in the Australian Bells Beach Victoria.
Spaniel Jess bottle feeds orphaned lambs who cannot get milk from their mother. There are four lambs “under the care” of the dog.
A dog of the Golden Retriever breed gave birth to a litter of abandoned rabbits.
In a wildlife park near Daventry (England), chimpanzee Anna is always actively involved in raising her puppies.
In New Zealand, a cow became the mother of two newborn lambs.
A truly curious incident occurred in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The lioness ate the antelope, and adopted its orphaned cub and cared for it as if it were her own cub.
Dalmatian Zoya adopted and raised this Yaggen, who was left without a mother.
This cute kitten was raised and nursed by a pig and grew up next to a litter of pigs in Norfolk, UK.
At one of the English wildlife rescue centres, Rocky the Great Dane rescued an abandoned roe deer.
Two-year-old chimpanzee “Do-Do” feeds milk to a 60-day-old tiger cub at the Thailand Zoo.
A female peacock accidentally mixed up her eggs, causing her goslings to hatch. The female did not refuse the chicks and took care of them as if they were her own.
Zara's (lion cub) parents at Linton Zoo in Cambridgeshire failed to raise her well, so she spent her childhood in the care of the zoo director's cat, Arnie, before she grew up and was sent to Uganda.
“Mom” Sai Mai (an eight-year-old tigress) from a zoo in Thailand is raising three piglets. Sai Mai sees the piglets as her babies, not breakfast.
On an Iowa farm, Henrietta the hen and Jerty the goose adopted three ducklings together.
Dog Murray is the guardian of three badger cubs in one of the reserves.
The owners of the Chestnut cat found and sheltered a tiny sick squirrel. They could not even imagine that their pet would begin to take care of the baby and take care of him.
The dog Katinya, who lives on one of the German farms, became the mother of a pot-bellied pig. The tiny black piglet, named Paulingchen, was so small at birth that his mother simply did not notice him. After a few days, the dog began to produce milk and fed the pig. She probably considers him one of her children now.
A female rabbit raised a litter of abandoned kittens. The cubs were found and brought home by the owner of the female.
Solo, a tri-colored collie, cared for young tigers and hyenas at Seaview Lion Park in South Africa.
Every time the mother of the puppies was away on her business, Mabel the hen always pulled the babies closer to her basket.
Shepherd dog Laska instantly saw herself as a mother to two abandoned wild boar cubs who were on the verge of death when Lasky's owner found them in Hamburg (Germany). Ellis and Hackers were brought home, and Weasel immediately began the duties of a mother - she warmed them at night, carefully licked them and picked them up when they fell.
Tita's cat became a mother not only to her kitten, but also to this little squirrel, whom Tita's owner found weak in her yard.
