Most students of the Bible are well acquainted with Jesus' words regarding wolves in sheep's clothing (see Matthew 7:15-20), but have you ever heard of pigs in tigers' clothing? I didn't think so.
Well, prepare to be amazed. Inset at right is a photo taken at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand (near Bangkok). These photos have been used in an email hoax to go along with a fabricated story about a mother tiger whose prematurely born tiger cubs all died after birth.
According to the ficticious tale (which is passed off as genuine, by the way), the keepers at a zoo in California (they didn't even use the real location) were trying to save the life of this mother tiger who went into deep depression after the death of her cubs. When they were unable to find any orphan tiger cubs, in desperation they wrapped piglets in tiger skins and encouraged her to nurse these little pigs in tigers' clothing.
As already noted, this is an inaccurate account of what the photo actually portrays. The zoo in Thailand where these animals truthfully reside is known for "creating successful relationships with animals of different species." Since this facility may more accurately be described as part zoo, part circus, these relationships are strictly for entertainment value. This same attraction features basketball playing elephants.
By the way, the mother tiger was herself nursed by a pig as an infant. This explains very well why she views pigs as family instead of prey -- companions instead of pork chops!!
Now friends, if a tiger and five helpless little piglets can live peaceably in the same envirnonment, surely so can we! The Bible says...
Well, prepare to be amazed. Inset at right is a photo taken at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand (near Bangkok). These photos have been used in an email hoax to go along with a fabricated story about a mother tiger whose prematurely born tiger cubs all died after birth.
According to the ficticious tale (which is passed off as genuine, by the way), the keepers at a zoo in California (they didn't even use the real location) were trying to save the life of this mother tiger who went into deep depression after the death of her cubs. When they were unable to find any orphan tiger cubs, in desperation they wrapped piglets in tiger skins and encouraged her to nurse these little pigs in tigers' clothing.
As already noted, this is an inaccurate account of what the photo actually portrays. The zoo in Thailand where these animals truthfully reside is known for "creating successful relationships with animals of different species." Since this facility may more accurately be described as part zoo, part circus, these relationships are strictly for entertainment value. This same attraction features basketball playing elephants.
By the way, the mother tiger was herself nursed by a pig as an infant. This explains very well why she views pigs as family instead of prey -- companions instead of pork chops!!
Now friends, if a tiger and five helpless little piglets can live peaceably in the same envirnonment, surely so can we! The Bible says...
"If possible, so far as depends on you, live peaceably with all."A wise person once said, "Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." If you have lived on this planet for more than five minutes, you are well aware that conflict will arise even amongst the best of friends. God is looking for peacemakers. Those who cope with conflict in a Godly manner are the true peacemakers, and the Bible says they are the ones who shall be called "sons of God" (see Matthew 5:9).
Romans 12:18, ESV
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