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Video: French bulldog adopts wild piglets
photo by Andre Radke (spicynoodles on Flickr CC)
A French bulldog in Berlin, Germany has stepped up to the plate and adopted 6 wild boar piglets after their mother was killed by a hunter.
The bulldog, named Baby, has previously been a surrogate mother for rabbits, kittens and a raccoon.
The piglets were found alone in a forest. Berlin has ample woodland and is home to an estimated 10,000 wild boar, whose population has made a resurgence in recent years.
From the Guardian:
The piglets were brought into the Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin on Saturday, three days old and shivering from cold. Baby ran over and snuggled up to them, keeping them warm, even though they were almost her size, said a sanctuary worker, Norbert Damm.
See the following ITN News video report for more:
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sure!
Let’s not bring the birth control debate into this! Just have a look at the cute piglets and go ‘awww’.
hehehhehehehhhh cute. that is what mother’s instinct is all about…God forbids that one day we see her surrogates for unwanted babies who were left by their reluctant mothers, coz that’s pathetic.