The Chaircat's Blog

News and opinions from the born free, critters and their human friends as overheard by Duma Duke

Tiny Preemie Deer

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Sent to us by Sally, a friend of the MKWC, here are some unique pictures: Can you believe this?? You will probably never see this again. A little miracle!… with all the gloomy news floating out there… here is a nice nature story that is uplifting… This tiny deer was delivered by Cesarean section at [...]

Interspecies Adoption

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Chaircat Duma Duke came across this story of inter-species adoption: A giant farm dog and a tiny piglet cuddle up as if they were family after the baby runt was dismissed by its own mother. Surrogate mum Katjinga, an eight-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, took on motherly duties for grunter Paulinchen – a tiny pot-bellied pig – [...]