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ashling

(25,771 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2020, 01:03 PM Jan 2020

I am Puma

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https://www.top13.net/puma-messi-rescued-from-zoo-spoiled-house-cat/?fbclid=IwAR2-JlGj1EqzoPOTbe5HDIHNtkd6E_usCXVmQv-_F52LvZk32saP5E-nddE

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I am Puma (Original Post) ashling Jan 2020 OP

I don't like seeing big cats treated as house pets Merlot Jan 2020 #1

Read the accompanying article. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #2

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

1. I don't like seeing big cats treated as house pets

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 02:32 PM

Jan 2020

Gives stupid people stupid ideas.

A big cat charity had to take over the care, housing and feeding of michael jacksons tigers. You know how expensive it is to feed a tiger or two? No one from the estate has ever contributed to their upkeep.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)

2. Read the accompanying article.

Reply to Merlot (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 02:39 PM

Jan 2020

Messi is an exception and his humans know it. He was too small and ill to be kept in the zoo where he was born and couldn't be released into the wild (pumas aren't native to Russia anyhow), so the couple adopted him to save his life. He is small for a puma and very docile.

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