The Animal Kingdom Gets Involved With World Breastfeeding Week, Too!

What timing! Today Show co-host Meredith Vieira recently spoke with Tom and Allie Harvey, the owners of Safari Zoological Park in Caney, KS., where a golden retriever named Isabella is nursing three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother.

Tom Harvey said this kind of surrogacy is unusual, as it is canine-to-feline, but it has saved the lives of the newborns. “[Isabella] is literally saving these cubs day by day. It’s actually just been a miracle.” The dog is still producing milk from her own pregnancy and took on the role of mommy to the cubs very quickly.

Watch this amazing video to see Isabella in action.