Thursday, February 07, 2008

Woman's kiss of life saves tiger cub

A YOUNG mother saved a four-month-old tiger by giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Janine Bauer, 24, watched in horror at a zoo in Germany as the tiger cub began to choke on meat he had been gnawing.

Mrs Bauer was with her one-year-old son Johann at Halle Zoo in eastern Germany when she saw the tiger falling unconscious as it gagged on its food.

"In front of my eyes it passed out as it struggled to breathe," said the trainee doctor. "My son and I were so upset because he is such a beautiful creature."

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