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The larger cubs were badly bullying the runt and one even tried to kill her by grabbing her by the throat. The vixen moved the bigger cubs to a different den and kept the runt in the old den for her own safety. She still cared for the runt until she was big enough to be around her siblings again.

She and her mate would take turns looking after the runt while the other attended to the other cubs. The runt survived and lived for years, having multiple litters of her own!

The picture shows the runt all grown up with her own cubs. She reared them in the same den she grew up in.

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