OATS AND FOXES.
— ♦- A. oariona phase m natural history la at . present to be seen m Loohee, Dundee Two cata belonging to a shopkeeper m Balgay street South Hoad, had each litters of klttons about the name time. The kittens, According to common praotlce wete goi rid. c£ by deowalng, and fcha mothers were (noomolahla for the loea of their progeny. A neighbour who bad come Into possession of three baby foxes conceived the idea of putting them In the pkca of the deceiaed kittens. The elder " tihbles," instead of resenting the intrusion of the etrangeri, took to the young fozei wiih motherly fondness, both displaying the utmost solicitude for their adopted family, and suckling them In the same manner as they would their own offspring. The cubs whloh lost their dam m an affray m Hallyburton Wood, near Coupar Angus, are thriving, and seem equally fond of their feline guardians, and oronch and " ouddle " close to them after the maaner of kittens* This peculiar family has already attracted many visitors ,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1589, 21 June 1887, Page 3
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171OATS AND FOXES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1589, 21 June 1887, Page 3
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