Watch | Zoo tiger befriends goat meant to be his dinner

An unlikely friendship has developed between a rare Amur tigress and a goat named Timur at the Primorsky Safari Park in eastern Russia.

Timur was released into the tigress' enclosure and was destined to be her breakfast but instead of hunting and eating the goat, she seemed glad to have company.

Video shows Timur following the tigress around her large compound, occasionally grazing on the sparse grass still visible in the Russian winter snow.

The two animals have thus far lived together harmoniously and Timur seems to be the dominant character, often taking the tigress' sheltered bed and leaving the big cat out in the cold.