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n a new-born Chihuahua’s mother died giving birth, Halo Animal Rescue, based in Phoenix, urgently had to find a solution to save the puppy’s life.
Worker Heather Allen called Animal Control to find another dog that was nursing but, worryingly, there were no dogs nursing at that time. All hope of saving the little black puppy seemed to be fading fast.
However, Allen applied some lateral thinking and came up with a remarkable and unconventional solution. She asked if there were any other animals nursing and discovered that there was a black cat who had recently had a litter of four kittens roughly the same size as the puppy.
The puppy was carefully introduced to the mother and her feeding kittens and, amazingly, she accepted it. The kitten’s mother seemed to have no objections about feeding an extra mouth, even if it happened to belong to a dog.
A week has since passed and the puppy, now named Leia, is thriving. Could this be the first step in building a bridge between cats and dogs?
Read the full story (and watch the adorable video) on the USA Today website.
