ALBANIA: A cat in Albania has taken three puppies into her care, suckling them as if they were her own offspring

Record ID: 559964

  • Title: ALBANIA: A cat in Albania has taken three puppies into her care, suckling them as if they were her own offspring
  • Date: 1st June 2007
  • Summary: (L!2) MAMURRAS, ALBANIA (RECENT) (REUTERS) PUPPIES PLAYING PUPPIES LYING ON GRASS CAT APPROACHING PUPPIES CAT LICKING PUPPY WHO BEGINS TO SUCKLE PUPPIES SUCKLING VISITORS COME TO LOOK AT CAT SUCKLING PUPPIES VARIOUS OF PUPPIES SUCKLING OWNER OF THE PETS, 13-YEAR OLD KRISTIAN MARKU, WALKING OUTSIDE TO PUPPIES MARKU WITH PUPPIES (SOUNDBITE) (Albanian) 13-YEAR OLD KRISTIAN MARKU, SAYING: "I was very sorry that my dog Shila died and left three orphan puppies. I had also a pretty cat who had a small kitten, but her kitten also died. Then, every day, she got closer to the puppies. She began feeding them and I helped her to feed them. Everyday she is taking care of them and suckling them. She loves them as much as she loved her kitten." PUPPIES FEEDING
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2007 13:00
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  • Location: Albania
  • Country: Albania
  • Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA588VUQGUM9FAAKCKUC3TUZ6SM
  • Story Text: An Albanian cat has adopted three puppies, feeding them herself, after the death of their mother.
    Fascinated visitors pass by to look in on the puppies who appear quite content as they suckle hungrily from the cat.
    The puppies mother Shila was killed by a car, and the cat lost her own kitten at the same time. Not having her own offspring to look after, she has taken the puppies into her care.
    "I was very sorry that my dog Shila died and left three orphan puppies," said the owner of the pets, 13-year old Kristian Marku.
    "I had also a pretty cat who had a small kitten, but her kitten also died. Then, every day, she got closer to the puppies. She began feeding them and I helped her to feed them. Everyday she is taking care of them and suckling them. She loves them as much as she loved her kitten," he added.
    A quirky story.
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