tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:8079547 Puppy love for abandoned tiger cub She may be the same size as her two week old adopted baby but dachshund Bessi is taking her job as mother to an abandoned tiger cub very seriously. 2009-06-02T14:22:18Z News 8079547 38161 true tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:advert:story:8079547 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:ident:news:video:512x288 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:story:8079547 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:7967197 Rare clouded leopards born in US zoo A pair of rare clouded leopard cubs have been born at the National Zoo research centre in northern Virginia, USA. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:story:7986363 Tiny pup pipped to world record One of the smallest dogs in the UK is living in West Dunbartonshire, but at 8in long tiny Tom Thumb is two inches shy of the world record.