Breastfed tiger cubs die

TWO tiger cubs that were breastfed by a woman for nearly six weeks have died in a zoo in Burma.

The cubs were taken from their mother after she killed one of their siblings and refused to nurse them.

Hla Hla, 40, the mother of a seven-month-old baby and relative of an employee at Rangoon zoo, had volunteered to breastfeed the cubs when bottle feeding failed.