Baby panther adopted by dog in Belgrade zoo *Cute Warning*

[Catty1]

Baby panther adopted by dog in Belgrade zoo after mother tried to kill her
Published: Sunday, July 15, 2007 | 9:35 PM ET
Canadian Press

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Man's best friend helped save a tiny cat.


A worker holds two weeks old black panther, Milica in Belgrade's zoo, Saturday. The cub is adopted by a dog, who helps rear it along with her own puppies, after baby panther's mother tried to eat it.
By Darko Vojinovic, AP

A 15-day-old female panther named Milica has been adopted by a Rhodesian Ridgeback after the cat's mother refused to feed her and tried to kill her in the Belgrade zoo.

"The mother panther has killed all her cubs since 1999," zookeeper Dragan Jovanovic said.

"We believe she has been traumatized by the sound of NATO bombs" during air strikes in the Serbian capital that year, he said.

Now Milica fights with several newborn puppies over milk from her adopted mother. She also appears to enjoy every bit of attention she gets from her new family.
© The Canadian Press, 2007

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Just look at those claws

Saw this on the news this morning - if only humans could be as tolerant eh?

[king2005]

- if only humans could be as tolerant eh?

Guess you didn't hear about the lady who brestfed her dog

[wombat2u2004]

Guess you didn't hear about the lady who brestfed her dog

I heard of her....wasn't her name Nora Boobiesoff????
Wom

[king2005]

I heard of her....wasn't her name Nora Boobiesoff????
Wom

LOL

The dog was a pitty lol

[wombat2u2004]

LOL

The dog was a pitty lol

Ohhh......you are kidding !!!! A pitty ???? Is that bird crazy or something ????
Wom

[king2005]

Ohhh......you are kidding !!!! A pitty ???? Is that bird crazy or something ????
Wom

I think the dog was removed & she got in doo doo.. I just remember it being a not so happy ending for her.. I don't remember if the dog bit someone.. I read the article such a long time ago

[wombat2u2004]

I think the dog was removed & she got in doo doo.. I just remember it being a not so happy ending for her.. I don't remember if the dog bit someone.. I read the article such a long time ago

Yep....some people do VERY crazy things.
Wom

[Muddy4paws]

I heard of her....wasn't her name Nora Boobiesoff????
Wom

I love your posts, never fail to make me laugh!


He still looks quite scary even as a baby! I agree the claws are huge!

[Marigold2]

Oh how precious. Nothing a like animal, any baby animal.

[NoahsMommy]

Um...why do they allow the Female Panther to keep on breeding if it continually KILLS its babies??? That's kind of sick behavior (of the zoo, not the animal, btw)...I wouldn't expect a zoo to do that.

Am I the only one that thinks this odd???

Milica is such a cute little thing and Bless the Mommy Ridgeback for saving this little one.

Wow...I hope Milica will stop making any more babies from now on. I think I'm going to go check out this zoo's website.

EDIT: OK, found the website and well, the English part is well, just a whole bunch of "vistor talk" and I can't read the links are write an email because I can't figure out how to contact them. Hmmm...

[Catty1]

I wonder if she has had kittens before.

I think, after this experience, the zoo might see about getting her spayed. It's too bad missile attacks messed her up - but that even more means she shouldn't have babies.

Poor momcat. Lucky baby!

[NoahsMommy]

"The mother panther has killed all her cubs since 1999," zookeeper Dragan Jovanovic said.

Yea....all her cubs have been killed by her...that's why I wrote that.

You wrote it too, actually.

[Catty1]

Um....copied and pasted it....didn't READ it all....lol....can I plead I was blinded by Cuteness With Claws in Need of a Serious Manicure?