2 July 2010
A dog had adopted a kitten and is nursing it along with its puppies in China.
Li Dajie bought the newborn kitten when her pet dog was about to give birth, reports the Guilin Evening Post.
Li, of Mapu village, Guangxi province, said: "One needed a mother's love, while the other was about to be a mother.
"The kitten and the dog got along very well from the very start, and quickly became inseparable."
When the dog had a litter of four puppies, the kitten started to suckle its adopted mother's milk alongside its canine brothers and sisters.
Li said the kitten had grown very fast since starting to drink dog milk, quadrupling in size within a month.
"The puppies were very weak in the beginning, and couldn't even open their eyes, while the kitten was already jumping and running, stalking its dog mother all day long.
"Sometimes when the dog is feeding the puppies, the kitten squeezes in to fight for a nipple, even if it just got fed. Each time the dog mother would lick its back to calm it down."
Li said her friends and relatives are always visiting her now to see the amazing love between dog and cat for themselves.
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Dog_defies_nature_to_adopt_kitten
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