Photos: Unlikely animal friends

 
 
 
  • Tiger mom adopts piglets at Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand. Photo animal-space.net
  • Little Themba the elephant made friends with Alfred the sheep at the Shamwari Game Reserve. Themba sadly died in 2010 leaving his woolly friend at a loss. Photo Shamwari
  • Could it be the long necks. Bea and Wilma are best friends at Busch Gardens in Florida. Photo justonemorepet.wordpress.com
  • Anjana, the chimp adopted two white tiger cubs at TIGERS in South Carolina in 2008. Photo funtim.com
  • Kasi, the cheetah and Mtani a yellow Labrador at Busch Gardens, Florida. Photo Zooborns.com
  • A baby hippo found a new mommy in the form of a massive tortoise in Kenya after tsunami waves hit the coast in 2004. Photo floristone.com
  • Katjinga, a Rhodesian Ridgeback adopted little Paulinchen, a potbellied pig on a farm in Germany. Photo animalliberationfront.com
  • A greyhound puppy named Torque and a baby owl called Shrek snuggle at the Ringwood Raptor and Reptile Centre in New Forest. Photo Rex