FELINE FOSTERING

Eight baby hedgehogs, orphaned after their mother died in a lawnmowing accident, refused milk from a syringe, a bottle, and a saucer for two days at Sadgorod Zoo, Vladivostok, before being adopted by a cat called Muska, which had recently raised a litter of foster kittens. Muska fed the spiky brood for more than a week and comforted them at night. BBC News, 25 July 2017.