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Zoo worker notices mother lynx refusing to care for her newborn cub, brings in her own domestic cat who had just given birth, and the feline foster mom adopts the wild baby, raising it alongside her kittens

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'Fox thinks he's a cat': Couple rescues tail-less fox cub who was rejected from a fur farm and couldn't be released back into the wild, the fox feels lonely in his new home, so they pair him with a tiny rescued kitten, and the two become best friends

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'It is quite opposite to what we know about big cats': Wild momma lioness adopts an abandoned leopard cub and raises it as one of her own alongside her two lion cubs, showing off an incredibly unique and rare bond between big cats

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Rescued stray momma cat saves orphaned baby bobcat, adopting him as her own and raising him alongside her 5 other kittens, until he's strong enough to return to the wild: 'She just adored him and he adored her'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Blind puma cub is abandoned by his mom after a tragic accident that left him blind, but thankfully, he's rescued by a kind woman who brings him to a shelter, where he befriends a dog and becomes a foster parent to other cubs

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Special needs cheerful cheetah cub who was born prematurely gets paired up with a playful puppy, and the two immediately accept each other as step-siblings and best friends: 'It’s been beautiful to watch their relationship develop'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Rescued shy cheetah cub gets paired up with a playful puppy, and the two become instant best friends: 'The Labrador taught him that the world wasn't as scary as it seemed'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'He looked heartbroken': 3-month-old lion cub rescued from men trying to sell him, finds safety at an African sanctuary and learns to roar for the first time

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'I don't want a lion. I can't have a lion. I'm pretty sure it's illegal': Uncle with good intentions wants to gift his nephew a lion cub, the panicked nephew refuses, but the lion has already been bought

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'No wonder he was eating so much': Man discovers wet "puppy" on the sidewalk, takes him home and nurtures him back to health, then soon realizes he might not be a dog after all

Emma Saven

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Rescued leopard cub losing its wildness is given a friend so they can learn together, but both kittens like humans too much, so as a last resort, they get paired up with a third cub, and finally, they start preparing to be released into the wild

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'He's like having a big goofy dog in the house': 3-month-old Lion cub with rare disorder that cannot be released into the wild gets adopted by kind caretaker who brings him into her home and becomes his mom

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Lion cub born with a rare disorder and cannot be released into the wild gets paired up with a tiny dachshund who he instantly connects with, the two get separated when the lion grows, leaving the lion heartbroken, so their caretakers reunite them

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'He looked heartbroken': 3-month-old lion cub gets rescued from a group of men who were trying to sell him, makes it to a sanctuary in Africa and learns to roar for the first time

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'[For] more than a year, I slept outside with her every night': Kind man saves a lion cub who was abandoned by her mother, hand-raises her himself for 10 years and creates an unbreakable bond with her

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Rescued shy cheetah cub gets paired up with a playful puppy, and the two become instant best friends: 'The Labrador taught him that the world wasn't as scary as it seemed'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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