Rare puppies lose mother, surrogate found

(NECN/KDKA) - The staff at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium is working overtime to raise a litter of African Painted dogs. The hardest part is that the tiny puppies don't have their mother. However, an unlikely surrogate has saved the day. But, Honey is no ordinary dog. She's now a surrogate mom for these African Painted dog puppies. Their mother died two days after giving birth to them in the Pittsburgh Zoo. That was about 10 days ago. The chance of these pups surviving is just 50%, and that's with a healthy mother. read more

NECN | November 4, 2009

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