It's a dog's life for three newborn tiger triplets in eastern China.
The cubs live at the Jinan Paomaling Wild Animal World in Shandong Province, China. So far their names are just "One," "Two" and "Three."
Their mother did not want to take care of them when they were born. So a dog has been making sure they get milk so far, said Paomaling manager Chen Yucai.
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The cubs' adoptive mother, a mixed breed farm dog named ``Huani,'' is expected to nurse the tigers for about a month or until they start to eat more than Huani can help with.
Chen said Chinese zoos often use dog mothers to nurse tiger cubs whose mothers don't want to care for them. Huani has nursed tigers from Paomaling before, he said.
Huani seemed not to mind nursing the tigers, Chen said.
"The family is getting along well and seems to enjoy each other," he said.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AP)
對中國東部剛出生的小老虎三胞胎來說，牠們過的是狗一般的人生。
這三隻小老虎住在山東省濟南市的跑馬嶺野生動物世界，目前被命名為「一號」、「二號」與「三號」。
老虎媽媽生下牠們後就棄養牠們。跑馬嶺野生動物世界的經理陳玉蔡說，所以目前讓一隻狗暫代母職。
小老虎的養母為雜種的農場狗「花妮」，預計照顧這些小老虎一個月，或是等到小老虎的食量超出牠負荷為止。
陳玉蔡說，中國動物園往往都會請母狗來幫被母老虎棄養的小老虎餵奶。他說，花妮以前也有過這種經驗。
陳玉蔡說，花妮似乎不介意幫小老虎餵奶。
他說︰「這家人相處愉快，似乎和樂融融。」
（翻譯︰賴美君）
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