http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/interspeciesadoption http://jezebel.com/tag/interspeciesadoption Adorable inter-species adoption strikes again: Jane Etheridge, an Englishwoman from Middleton, says that the lone surviving chick from her hen's recent batch of 14 babes (a fox and untimely death claimed the other 13) was recently adopted by her cat, Snowy. Etheridge says that Snowy cleans and cares for the chick, now named Gladys, and that Gladys loves to play with her adopted dad: "[Gladys] comes in and bounces up and down in front of Snowy and he just stands there and takes it and puts his arm around her," says Etheridge, adding: "They are the best of friends, very much so." We couldn't find photographic evidence of Gladys and Snowy's friendship, but we hope this other cat-chick adoption will suffice. [UPI]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5050505&view=rss&microfeed=true Wow: A newborn baby girl who was abandoned by her 14-year-old mother was found naked, dirty, but being cared for by a mother dog and her new pack of pups in La Plata, Argentina. A farmer found the hours-old baby being kept warm by the mother dog (it is currently winter in Argentina) and although the baby had a few bruises she appeared to be in good health. It is not clear whether the child's mother left the baby with the dogs or if the mother dog found the baby on her own, but this story may show that dogs really do adopt a sense of morality when they are domesticated, as a recent study has suggested. [Reuters, Daily Mail]

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