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Humans Dress as Bobcat to Ready Kittens for the Wild

9:50 pm in animals, california, cats, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

bobcat costume photo Photo via Youtube There's nothing as important or endearing as a mother's love, even if the mother in this case takes the form of a veterinarian in a urine-soaked animal costume. In an effort to raise abandoned bobcat kittens without exposing them to the harmful influence of human interaction, one wildlife rehab facility in California has developed an innovative method of playing mom to them -- by looking and smelling as much like the real thing as possible....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Male Tiger Plays Mom to a Litter of Orphaned Cubs

6:35 pm in animals, cats, endangered species, india, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

tiger adopts cubs photo Photo: law_keven / cc In nature, raising tiger cubs to maturity is almost always the job of mom alone, with tiger-fathers showing little interest in child rearing if any at all. For what may be the very first time, however, officials from a wildlife preserve in India have observed a male tiger that has adopted a litter of cubs left orphaned and alone when their mother died. But the fatherly gesture isn't just exceptionally sweet -- it's exceptionally rare, too. "Such behavior of the tiger has been unheard of," says one expert....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cat and Owl Playing (Video)

4:05 am in animals, birds, cats, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

Fum, the cat, and Gebra, the owl, play like best friends photo Image: megaxibeca, YouTube Fum, the black cat, and Gebra, the owl, star as best friends forever in a video that proves love conquers all. Judging from the way Fum climbs trees, he is in full possession of a sharp set of claws. And owl talons...well, the very word talons speaks for itself. But the two never turn their weapons against each other. They prefer to play energetically together, pausing for brief moments for what seems to be the cat-and-owl equivalent of hugs and kisses. The full video embedded below benefits also from t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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