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However, we found that those cubs were actually kittens of a fishing cat, which is also a schedule one animal. There is a large pond near this field, which suggests that this fishing cat lives in this area. Some locals have seen their mother hiding in a nearby cane field, but she is not coming to her kittens due to presence of humans. Shahjahanpur: Three newborn kittens of fishing cat species were spotted in a cane field near a pond outside Gangapur village in Mohammdi area of Lakhimpur Kheri district on Saturday.Farmers and labourers working in the field took them for tiger cubs and alerted the forest department. She may come out in the night and take her kittens along..