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Pet Tales ~ All about the animal world of Orange County

May 26th, 2009, 5:26 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Samantha Gowen, Pet Tales editor

You just have to take a peek at this photo to see a dedicated mom in action:

Lakota, a 7-year-old Australian shepherd, looks after and nurses a litter of four kittens after the mother cat was struck by a car and killed recently at the family farm of Colleen and Robert Nesseth in Snohomish, Wash. Photos: Dan Bates, via The Associated Press

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One Comment

Sam's Sister says:

May 27, 2009 at 2:32 pm

How sweet is that? I guess your dog isn’t the only one to cross over into a bi-species friendship after all … Will be interesting to know what happens in the ensuing months with this unusual relationship.