New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21
"STRANGE FRIENDSHIPS" IN ANIMALS.
From The London Spectator.


Mr. Anger, in giving his interesting incident Of
strange friendships between animals. ask, i! thers
are any precedents for such nconsruous intimacy as
he saw between dog and pigeon. To most close
observers CT ANIMALS. such curious cases though
always noteworthy, well Known naturalists like
auckland and many others have nel uentIS recorded
/ them. .
permit me to cite the following Two scotch terriers
are lying before the fire. Prince IS an aniaLle sort
Of dog as 1d rather su b bGin E n
buck rabbit, and place it beside the dogs, with the
intlmaton they were not 10 touch IT, Trust ana then
alliance quickly grew between 1t and Prince. whilst
Jack shows unmis akable hatred In hw days
the two friends, with their paws absurdy ciasplng
each others neck, sleep happily On the rug tt,I
play together. they chase each other IN ana down inc
stars ana az ha oyer ~ me mg Lack ,sng All this
sort Of thing, makes the rabbit loon at MN W'1 the
house None whatever he goes into the garden as
the dogs do and like Them scratches al the door when
he Man e from u.s. After While being ver ford
of him, we put the floor pretty pnk-eeyed doe a.
The spot and goes for romp with his dear Prince.
sJscI always Sleeps under my bed from choice. and
n.t DGiUr bc bed ' for bis las pat ana GOOD night
bunny has observed all This and quietly crr@pS
Somewhere near his great deal
Another instance, published In Loch Sreran1 oy
my friend Mr.. Anderson Smith ] punished my cat
for killing a chicken. The next day he IS seen to
the hen he had previously robbed lie and the
chicken aftcrWad were i.qtcMlE oDSe.k.a ha'. .h
COURTYARD and back passages, ind their way 10 the
Kitchen hlrplac" whore incy would sfrF ~ s""l
fellowship This chicken, l discovered, had been
stolen nearly Two miles away. It important to
remark that the though cruel bird Killer never
touched another chicken. Was the idea of compcnsa-
lion In the eats mind II moi that, all the cicuin-
stances are sin guariy coincidcnt Ana Why did the
cbiclen prefer the eats cOmpanionshp to tna OF us
fellows . L. r. W -,
In reply to Mr.. AnCers question as TO there being
any prcccdcn, for such close intnacics DelWren
animals so widely separated In Kind and haDit a me
doc and pigeon mentioned in his Interesting Ic'tef,
! can mention two cases which have come llncer nv
notice this last summer M farm In BERKSHIRE. IN
one case the friendship existed between a puet ana
a mig Tie pullet left the fa-m--ard TO ION IN
the ramblcs of the other fowls. but kept near the DIE
All dav occasionally roosting on IT'S friends back when
taking its afternoon nap. 80, -,
The other case moro remarkable =, hen
with strong ,notherv instincts, but no FAMILY OF hrr
own acted for several weeks as fostei-mothcr 10
eight spaniel puppies. The real mother, a vel!
geftIe creature soon acquiesced in the arrangement
The hen covered the puppies with her wing lnsL as
thoueb they had been chickens, and remained WIN
thcm day and night. When they began TO walk. she
was still their tant attendant when thcy learned
70 Ian and eat little. she would cali thela ara
hrrak M their food. As they grew oder, the poor
foster-mother hal her patience soIely tred Ihcy
barked and capercd around her. leadng her aocether
a sad life. After the puppies hal deserted ner' sns
was often seen sitting close to their mother the par
annarently quite understanding cach other; I, MY
cbidren were naturally delighted TO watch these
strange sights and the hen. though not al oiher tnS
yerv tame maintained perfec; equannlty While ihcV
nlaved With tbe puppies around hor L. l. NJ