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True Dough

(17,320 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2018, 12:53 PM Nov 2018

Won't somebody give the cute kitty a belly scratch?

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Won't somebody give the cute kitty a belly scratch? (Original Post) True Dough Nov 2018 OP

I'd surely WANT to.. Mountain Lions are the most beautiful big cats.... hlthe2b Nov 2018 #1

I don't like to see big cats in a domestic setting. Merlot Nov 2018 #2

Agree... I'd assumed it was being rehabilitated. But, still, the humanization preempts hlthe2b Nov 2018 #3

I think this is the Russian kitty who was sickly and adopted out of a zoo. The same kitty who diane in sf Nov 2018 #4

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)

1. I'd surely WANT to.. Mountain Lions are the most beautiful big cats....

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 12:56 PM

Nov 2018

I just adore seeing them (from a safe distance)...

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

2. I don't like to see big cats in a domestic setting.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 12:56 PM

Nov 2018

Gives stupid people stupid ideas.

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)

3. Agree... I'd assumed it was being rehabilitated. But, still, the humanization preempts

Reply to Merlot (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 01:09 PM

Nov 2018

releasing back to the wild.

Some fools in Colorado took a mountain lion cub they found home (and fed it Bratwurst---don't get me started)... It isn't even clear the kit was orphaned. Fortunately CO Fish & WIldlife found out and took it back, but it will have to be in a setting free of human contact until old enough to try release. The odds are not in its favor, though.

diane in sf

(3,918 posts)

4. I think this is the Russian kitty who was sickly and adopted out of a zoo. The same kitty who