Let's See Your Cats!!!

Amazing and awesome thanks for sharing!

 

Hmmm, more about not wanting his re-acquainted buddies to eat me.

 

Yes! I love learning this stuff. After all it may help someone with their domestic cat antics and learning is always a good thing.

 

You gave him a life that he most likely never would have had. Thank you for sharing your story. Very emotional, and l couldn't help buy tear up!

 

But on the flip side you interfered with the natural order of things. Changed the dynamic of the pride and may have altered the gene pool in ways that are counterproductive to the health of the species.

 

You must be a blast.

 

Yep. I kill and eat animals too. Sorry to offend you.

 

You are correct in that I did indeed alter the natural order of things. I had a choice as I watched his mother completely ignore him after birth (she had at the same time given birth to a stillborn female cub)....let him die, or distract the mother with food, which would have been absolutely impossible had she intended on caring for him, and save him and see where that would lead.
As for altering the gene pool....not so much. He was and would always remain a second tier lion in that pride and as such would never be given the opportunity to mate with one of the females, which is indeed how that played out.
The health of the species is, and will be impacted by one thing only, the continuing encroachment of the human species on their territory. The demise of the Asiatic lion is a perfect example of how human encroachment has created a severe bottleneck in the genetic health of that sub-species that will ultimately lead to its’ extinction. I was fortunate to have worked on that particular issue, among others, in India, working undercover, as well as working on education there and through their slow-as-molasses legislature.
Ahhh, the human species. It’s why I knew at an early age that I would always prefer to work with animals as opposed to people.
Never regretted that decision.

 

Altered the gene pool? Wtf you talking about?

 

As do I. But I’m also not acting like I know more than someone in wildlife work

 

My apologies to all for the derailment of the thread.

 

Got Munch on two legs yesterday... he was trying to decide if it was worth it jumping up to the window sill.



He decided not to in the end.

 

You didn’t derail anything.

 

X2

 

Motivation level = ZERO

 

No need at aall to apologize. Your story was very heart warming.

 

This legit confused me, thought she was laying facing/standing up until I realized you were looking down on her

 

Some humans blame humans for the extinction of other species. Well guess what? We are. Just as in the normal course of things other species have done the same.

Have you ever considered that this is the way it is supposed to be.

 

Didn’t compare my knowledge and experience to his. Just provided a different view point.

 

I've been uncertain whether this guy is an obvious troll or just an asshole, but it's becoming much more clear.