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We purchased him through a third party as a tiny kitten from a place that raised them for fur. We bottle raised him at first.
We called him Stinky. He did not have a bad odor, but he was extremely mischievous and playful, is how he got his name.
Love those North Nevada muleys!
didn’t have the knowledge or experience raising it properly.
It must’ve been a great privilege owning that Lynx.
Like all cats, if you think that you will get the cat to do what you want, you will have a miserable relationship. Also, if you cannot be hands-on with it almost constantly while it is growing up, it will become very independent and not really establish a bond with you.
Before we got Stinky we spoke with other people who had Canadian lynx. They told us that they are very mischievous, and have quite a sense of humor! We could not understand the "sense of humor" part until we had one.
Stinky would watch my wife carefully sweep the kitchen and front room, until she had all of the dirt and lint in a neat little pile, then just as she was about to sweep it into a dust pan, Stinky would come at top speed and skid sideways through the dirt pile. Of course the wife didn't see the humor in this, but he would do it every chance he got.
We had an upright freezer just inside our back door, and if he saw through the window that one of us was coming in the door, he would get on top of the freezer in order to slap us on the head when we came in.
I could tell a hundred more stories about his playfulness, but suffice it to say he had a great sense of humor.
I stuck with reptiles. Constrictors and monitors. Although they can become problematic. Most people who purchase them as hatchlings or juveniles, fail to realize how big an African Rock, or Retic will get.
It’s nice seeing someone actually get an exotic animal, raise it properly, making it part of the family. Well done.
We went to a game reserve in Botswana a few years ago that had a hide sunken by a water hole, basically a modified shipping container, so you were at the same level as the water surface.
You could almost touch the animals.
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Spearfishing was a family tradition I learned early on. I understand harvesting meat to provide food for your family. I fish and dive for seafood. Rockfish, lingcod, halibut, salmon etc. We enjoy salmon as a family and have it dinner every Sunday. And no I’ve never used a whiskey shackle.
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I don't know who decides the value of a life but we as humans kill everyday to survive. What's the value of the tree I cut to heat my home ? Is it worth more than the mouse you caught under your sink or the mosquito bugging you while picnicking ?
No one bats an eye when you catch a halibut but shoot a bear and everybody gets upset. Why does the halibut have less value than the bear ?
Here's a fact about bobcats in Nevada, they're either so plentiful or so hard to catch that there is no limit on the amount of traps you can set or amount of cats you can catch. Lots of guys do this for income and catch over 50 a season. Lots of guys.
I've only been trapping for 3 seasons because for the first time in the past 40 years I wasn't raising kids and got bored. Since I spend almost all my time on a mountain, I decided to grow where I was planted. I figured hiking around the mountain all spring, summer and fall looking for predator sign was funner than doing crossword or jigsaw puzzles.
This wasn't the plan, but it couldn't have worked out better.
They're kinda like the wild pigs in Texas, destructive and take habitat from more native species. "Native" is a bit deceptive though because in my life time Nevada didn't always have elk or antelope. But anyway everything else has a season besides birds of pray and these horses.
But here's the difference... Lets make the rules the same. You can no longer shoot the pigs, but to keep them in check, the Fed's will round them up and corral them. Who pays for the corralled pigs ?
The BLM ranch here in Reno has like a gillion horses
I knew a few trappers (fur) while living in Oregon. It was supplemental income for them during the winter months.
I’ve never batted an eye whether pulling the trigger on an elk or halibut. Yes, people will lose their minds when you pull a halibut out of the water. Better yet an octopus. Legal to keep in one area that was shut down because divers who dive for pictures didn’t agree with it. It’s all a matter of perception and why I spearfish away from people while following the rules.
I also agree with your analogy about the worth of life in the animal kingdom and they ought to round up those horses, adopt the ones they can and the rest need to be shipped to Europe or wherever in the world people will eat 'em. I follow the Temple Grandin approach to that stuff, just be humane about how they are handled and processed. That lady designed some of the coolest, completely humane systems ever made.
I applaud your conservation efforts on various apex predators you are helping to keep a lid on. Somebody has to do it or the entire system gets outta wack and all the critters suffer.
As for my two cents, I have no problem with hunting in general, but I think that leghold traps are inhumane, and hunting with dogs is cowardly. Saying that the animals are too hard to get otherwise, is like me saying that Mike Tyson would be too hard for me to beat at boxing, therefore I want his hands tied behind his back.
I could go on and on, but like I said, not the purpose of this thread.
In other places I'm sure it's really cool to see them though
You have your opinions, and I have mine.
The subject had been addressed, so I added my thoughts on the matter.
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