Anjana and Her Tigers
Animal Stories from All-Creatures.org

December 2009

While all-Creatures does not condone the use of animals for entertainment purposes which this sanctuary promotes, we thought you'd love to see this kind of interspecies adoration.

When hurricane Hannah separated two white baby tigers from their mother, Anjana the chimp came to the rescue.

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Anjana, at TIGERS Sanctuary in South Carolina, became surrogate mom and playmate to the cubs, even helping with bottle feeding. But here's the truly amazing part... Anjana does this all the time, having raised leopard and lion cubs in the past.

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