1 OCTOBER 1921, Page 15

ANIMALS REMOVING THEIR YOUNG.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—Most wild animals will remove their young when dis- turbed. On one occasion a man told me lie had seen a tigress with two young cubs which were lying in a shallow cave. The tigress roared at him, and lie wisely fled and brought mo the news. It was then too late as the place was some miles from my camp, but I visited the spot next day and found that the

tigress had removed her cubs. There was unmistakable evidence of her recent presence, and hairs from the cubs were numerous in the hole where they had been lying. The Indian black bear will carry off its cubs when disturbed. These cling to the long hair between their mother's shoulders, and thus ride away in comfort.—I am, Sir, he., R. G. B.