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AL bulldog nurses kittens that lost their mother

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COLUMBIA, Ala. (AP) -

An Alabama man's four kittens are getting their mother's milk from an unusual source - his White English Bulldog.
    
Elbert Bristow of Columbia says he found his bulldog Molly nursing the six-week-old kittens after their mother was killed. The dog gave birth to a litter of puppies a day before the kittens were born.
    
The Dothan Eagle reports the bulldog has adopted the kittens like they were its own offspring. Molly lays down to let the kittens eat and they follow the dog around 84-year-old Bristow's driveway as if she's their mother.
    
Bristow is keeping the kittens and Molly's three puppies separate while they're nursing. He calls his pet parenting situation "very unusual."

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