There’s just too much cuteness in these photos to pass up. Two and a half year old chimpanzee Anjana has been helping care for three week tiger cubs at T.I.G.E.R.S. (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species), in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The baby tigers were born during Hurricane Hannah, and when their habitat was flooded their mother became upset and they had to be separated from her for their safety. They are being hand-reared by a caregiver, with help from Anjana, who loves nurturing and playing with the cubs.
Keeper China is the nursemaid to the baby animals born in the sanctuary and Anjana is her ever-present helper. According to the Daily Mail, Anjana has helped raise baby lions, leopards, and even fellow orangutans. She loves being with China and the baby animals and imitating the keeper’s behavior. It looks like it also comes naturally to little Anjana and that she loves her role as surrogate mom.
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Oh. My. God. These pics are so cute, I want to cry. 😀 😥 😀
Awww. Look at the big smile on her face in the pic where she’s lying down with the little cub on top of her. So human, so SWEET! 😀
I think I got a toothache from all that sweetness. 😀
Yeah these pictures brought tears to my eyes. AWWW!
I love it. So adorable!
Thanks CB for a heartwarming story, we need a laugh these days 😉
Those tiger cubs are so cute, Anjana too.
This made my day, for sure.
talk about a great job. you would definitely wake up and look forward to going to work.
omg. they are so cute!<3
love these pics 🙂
What a great caretaker!
OMG! that’s why I love animals so much!!!! they are so innocent and lovable. 😀
AWWWWWW……. 😀 I think I have something in my eye.
Very very cool. Thanks CB, I love this story!
Hate to rain on the parade, but these animals are ripped out of their natural surroundings to live their lives in captivity and are used (abused) for entertainment purposes. Not very ethical, and in fact, pretty disgusting.
SWC: Did you bother to read the article? These animals are not part of a damn circus, they are being cared for in a sanctuary for “greatly endangered species.” So which is better? “Ripping” these animals out of the wild to help preserve their very existence? Or letting the poachers extinguish yet another species? 🙄
Codzilla: Actually, I looked at T.I.G.E.R.S. website and noticed that it promised the animals ‘only’ work for 16 weeks per year… That’s what set me off. Don’t be misled, the intent is that the animals earn their keep. Sounds no better than a zoo.
Hey naysayers- the funds for these places doesn’t fall out of Heaven like manna from God. If it bugs you so much these animals have to sing for their supper a little, crack the wallet open and make donations. The alternative is extinction.
Why the hell can’t PEOPLE act like that?
Wait – I know. Creationism…. 😉
Sooo cute!! i wanna have the cubs too!!
Vdantev: I understand what you’re saying, but there’s a better way of going about this than ‘training’ animals to act on film. (I hate to think what they consider training and discipline). It’s called santuaries, where they can live a semi-normal life without having to perform stupid human tricks in exchange for their lives.
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These animals don’t perform “tricks” and their trainers don’t beat them or “discipline” them like you were talking about. I went and took the tour of this place and all of these animals hang out in natural habitats and interact with their trainers (yeah, I listened on the tour to what they were saying. It’s an awesome place and when I am old enough to be able to work there I want to go! Most of the animals are born there and some of those that aren’t were abandond by their moms in some zoo or something. They are not “ripped” out of their environments. Most of these animals are being poached out of existance by people who want to just EAT them! I love this place, it’s awesome!
how cute I cant believe the chimp is acting as a caregiver for these tigers. I wonder how much longer they can remain friends for…
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