Tiger cubs breastfed by woman die in Burma

Two Bengal tiger cubs that were breastfed by a woman for nearly six weeks have died of dehydration in a zoo in Burma, according to a report.

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