Dog Gives Birth to Kitten???

By Admin - Deanna, on June 13th, 2007 |

Now this story should top ‘Weird News’!! Not sure about the validity of the story but is sure has gotten alot of peoples attention as crowds flock to the home to see this phenomenon.

A dog has become a local celebrity in a Chinese village after she reportedly gave birth to a kitten.

Hua Chengpeng, of Huayang village, Jiangyan city, told People’s Daily that the unlikely animal was the third ‘puppy’ in his pet’s litter.

“The first two puppies the dog produced were both normal, but when the third baby came, the whole family was very surprised to see a cat-like creature. It is a cat, not a dog at all,” he said.

Local residents have been flocking to his house to see the ‘kitten’ which local vets say is really a puppy which looks like a cat because of a gene mutation. It apparently yaps like a puppy.

Hua says his son brought the dog home from Liaoning city, where he had been working, a year ago. (Ananova)

And here’s a little more on the story….

People have flocked to a small village on the outskirts of Cambodia’s capital after a man claimed that his ten-year-old pet dog has defied nature and the ancient tradition of her species reviling cats and given birth to a kitten.

Owner Te Huot told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that his dog, called Knou, gave birth to a grey tabby kitten after he was visited by a forest monk who claimed that the dog had mated with a tiger.
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The phenomenon has brought crowds thronging to Te Huot’s home to burn incense and give donations towards the dog and its tiny kitten, which Te Huot says is a sign from the gods.

“This animal cries like a cat, and its face is like a cat, but its feet are bigger than a cat’s and look more like a dog’s feet,” local media quoted Te Huot as saying.
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Animal husbandry experts also cast doubts on the ability of a dog to give birth to a cat, but sheer curiosity value still saw hundreds of Cambodians mobbing the bemused new canine mother in a rush to witness the alleged strange birth for themselves. (The Syndey Morning Herald)

Well, I’ll leave this one up to you but had to pass it along!! What do you think?? Intriguing and amusing to say the least!!