User blog comment:Ygor FURY/PE Proposal: Shere Khan (2016)/@comment-25075214-20190616134541/@comment-30634893-20190617170407

Actually, it actually is likely Khan was keeping the cubs alive because he needed them. The whole point of him telling the Cuccoo Bird story was to educate the cubs on why a mother should never take in a chile that is not her own--because eventually the adoptee would grow to overshadow the other children and cause them to die. He was trying to sway the kids over to his point of view and get them to dislike Mowgli like he does; that's why he didn't kill them.

Also, unlike Khan, Shen had legitimate honor. They really can't be compared.