This precious video of a dog adopting baby tigers will make your day

12/2/2012

We're twitching with cuteness overload today watching these baby tigers cuddle up to their improbable new mama in this viral video. The sweet pooch adopted the feline fuzzballs after their biological mother, a full-grown tiger named Bagira, abandoned them at the Oktyabrsky Zoo in Sochi, Russia. It wasn't the first time — Bagira had rejected two of her other litters before — so zookeepers were ready to act fast. They scoured the Internet to find a surrogate, landing on Tallim, a white Swiss Shepherd with a natural knack for caretaking. Her mothering instincts are so strong she lets the cubs nurse like they were her own and doesn't even seem to mind those squawky tiger noises.

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Are you surprised to see a dog caring for these cubs so well?