Ophelia wrote:
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
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> > Yes. We had a cat who killed all but one kitten and it was only a matter
> > of time before she got to the last one.
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> A friend's cat once ate her kittens

I don't think it's common (or natural) for any animal mother to kill
her babies. I have read somewhere in the past that they will do this
if there is a problem with the offspring. Like a genetic defect or
something. Only humans will keep birth defective babies, but then we
have hospitals and animals don't.

G.