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Zoo's Amur Tiger Not Receptive To Newborn Cub

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May 13, 2008 8:52 pm US/Eastern

Zoo's Amur Tiger Not Receptive To Newborn Cub

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― A tiger cub born on Mother's Day at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium is not getting much TLC from its mother.

Tiger-keepers are working around the clock to find out why the cub's mother, Toma, isn't being receptive to her newborn.

Zoo officials think Toma might be sick or possibly carrying another cub.

They are contacting other tiger experts around the country because this is such a unique situation.

"She didn't respond as we would have hoped she would. She did not go to the cub, she didn't nurse the cub, she didn't seem to be terribly interested in the cub," Dr. Barbara Baker said. " This behavior is very unusual for a female tiger - especially a female tiger like Toma, who has already raised her own cubs."

The two-pound cub is being kept at an animal hospital. If the cub does not receive attention from its mother, it can be raised successfully by tiger-keepers at the zoo.

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