Tiger makes friends with goat that was meant as food

ALL content used in this not-for-profit blog remain the property of their respective owners.
http://news.insing.com/tabloid/tiger-makes-friends-with-goat/id-066f3f00

An unexpected friendship formed after an orphaned tiger makes friends with a goat that was supposed to be its meal.

Staff members at Bor Wildlife Sanctuary in India released the goat into the tiger’s enclosure, hoping that the animal would make a quick kill.

To their surprise, the male tiger, named Bhangaram, did not kill the goat, even though it was hungry, and instead played with it.

The Times of India reported that at one point, the tiger even playfully pushed the goat into an artificial waterhole.

The friendship lasted two days, and workers finally decided to take the goat out and give the hungry tiger some beef to eat.

The fully-grown male tiger is one of three siblings – the other two are females.

All three were rescued as cubs from India’s Dhaba forest range after their mother disappeared, and they were raised in the sanctuary.

Staff members are hoping to release them back into the wild when they reach adulthood.

Veteran conservationist MS Chouhan told The Times of India: "I fear the male tiger is not fit for release.”

He added: "When the females were rescued, they had killed a dog and it seems they still had some hunting skills, but in the case of the male, (the instincts) are evidently missing."