She tries to support the child on her own, and hears of another young mother who committed infanticide.

Adult females with poor nest hollows often commit infanticide on the male, if they produce both a male and a female chick.

Some enslaved mothers appear to have committed infanticide, rather than bringing their children into what was clearly a hellish environment.

While in the grip of severe depression, some women may even commit infanticide or suicide.

Gerbils, on the other hand, no longer commit infanticide once they have paired with a female, but actively kill and eat other offspring when young.

In carnivores, it is not uncommon for an unrelated male to commit infanticide to make females sexually receptive.

To avoid the king's wrath, they smear dog's blood onto a sleeping Rhiannon, claiming that she had committed infanticide and cannibalism through eating her child.

Not all rodent species commit infanticide, and in fact some species are remarkable for their lack of this behaviour.

Moreover, males have been known to commit infanticide when the young clearly were not their own.

In some mammal species, mostly nonhuman primates, it is common for males to commit infanticide to mate with females.