Man, what kind of barbaric person DECLAWS aka mutilates them and then proceeds to dump the animal? People can be so cruel... I'm glad they are taken care of now.
When I was a kid, my daycare lady had a duplex with daycare on one side. The other side in the back yard was 2 very small dog cage runs with 2 bobcats. She had them dewclawed. And the poor thing never came out of those cages outside. They barely had enough room to turn around in, and spent the day turning around to get some sort of movement/exercise and slept. I was already obsessed with wildlife at that age and knew they were in a terrible place. I was severely punished when I brought up the topic of them ever getting out. Made me stand facing the wall for an hour while the kids went to play outside every day for idk how long. Looking back, I feel so sad and really hope something was done eventually.
I was actually thinking that the second I saw these girls, but they are very lucky but again who declaws these big cats and then dumps them, but to be honest it could have been worse because there is no possibility that they could survive in the wild again and like a housecat the bobcat can live many years in captivity.
In the 80's I had a cat declawed, the biggest mistake of my life. She had a limp that never went away, it still gives me chills. I'm surprised that they found a vet that would do it. It totally changes their lives. I only watched until the narrator said the word declawed. I stopped it immediately.
@@dragulia_venaromore like both toes and fingers claws are literally a cats life without them they can’t do 75% of the things they normally do like climb and hunt as effectively
We had wild bobcats come on our porch when our family lived in Louisiana on the edge of a woods. A momma cat with her kittens came one time and while the momma cat wouldn't come near us the kittens would play with us just like house cat kittens. As they grew up they eventually stopped coming by. We kids wanted to keep the kittens but our parents had more sense!
That's an awesome dynamic. Thats like both parents letting there kids play with each other while at same time watching over them. Except this time, it was a Bobcat ,😄
Declawing A bobcat! That is barbaric and cruel. But this was a great story I just couldn’t imagine spending $400 a month on food for my cat. However I would like to have them if I could afford them
Yeah you can have to look around some of the people. I always thought it would be cool to have a wolverine haha I have lots of bobcats on my farm here always cool to see them or catch them on camera but that's where they belong out in the woods not in my house. I'm pretty sure there's some reason they can't go out and catch $400 worth of squirrels and rabbits on their own anyhow I'm just babbling at this point. Yeah it's cool don't keep wild animals as pets I see at SeaWorld next weekend haha
I think these people taking the bobcats was a wonderful thing. I know these can’t be released because of what their first owners did. Why is this even legal? It almost always ends badly for the animal.
In many but not in all places it is not. The problem is that whether is legal or not it’s very difficult to regulate. The problem them comes what do you do with them once the damage has been done? There really are only two options 1 have a preserve where they can live some sort of normal life but absent most predators and prey 2 MAYBE allow those few most adaptable to having humans near them be allowed to be adopted into private households PROVIDED the potential owners are full aware of what they are taking on and willing to live up to those expectations. I almost feel like bobcat ownership needs to be never full ownership and at least on some some scale remain a Fostering program so that wildlife experts can keep a close eye on them
There are only three states that still allow the ownership of exotic pets like bobcats. Two of them are Nevada and Texas. I am not sure what the other state is. But many people who do get bobcats when they are young underestimate what they will be getting into as they grow and mature. And that doesn't take very long at all. In a year or two, they are full grown, and can cause serious injury at that point, even if they are usually well mannered. Proper ownership of bobcats is a full time commitment and is very expensive.
@@1s23d Okay. I stand corrected. I was told it was down to just three states. I would not advise anybody to have any wild cat as a pet unless you have the adequate money, space and time to care for them. But am glad there is still at least some freedom left in the USA.
Michigan, though you have to have a permit. (Yeah, other folks might like to know what they might encounter in an emergency.) There are properly wild ones near my house. They eat bunnies.
honestly you just need to by dog food level size of domestic meat filled cat food plenty of people end up with bobcat pets hear in the mountain states and just dont realize or care to much.
You are supposed to NEVER declaw, cats. Because, in the future, the cat is going to develop very serious back issues. Example: in a human, it's like having your hands snipped at the second digit. So much for the use of your hands, get the point.
I personally wish they would outlaw declawing cats as there is no way that is humane. You can get them to stop scratching without ripping the toenails out. I am highly against that practice. I wish they knew How bad that is for cats
Onychectomy "Declawing" is a market friendly way of saying partial amputation, cutting off the top of their fingers to get rid of the the claw. And its illegal in many places for a good reason. The claws are not only for offense but traction while climbing and running, for grooming etc to trim them is fine but to remove them completely is a major impedance to the cat's daily life and potentially health and hygiene especially if allowed outside as they can't climb or run properly and are now almost defenseless against predators and rivals without a way to escape.
We had a male Bobcat that lived in our cellar. We tolerated each other and he was friendly at times but was mostly a nocturnal creature. He even came and laid down a few feet away when I was working on my car with our two kitties near by. I put out dry food for him until, one day, he dissapeared.
Owning bobcats is only legal in three states the last i knew. Nevada and Texas are two of them. Taking proper care of them is a full time commitment and very expensive.
Declawing a cat is horrible, it is a mutilation of their paws which can and often does result in pain as they walk, jump or run - all fundamental parts of being a cat. If a person has the means, space, time, love and knowledge of cats I have no problem with keeping them as a pet. Look at it from the cats point of view, no more constant threat of starvation, no more constant threat of being dinner for a larger predator, no more unattended injuries just to name a few things. Instead, they receive the opportunity to give and receive love and enrichment like nothing in the wild can match. These two bobcats have it made and they get to express love and bring a lot of joy to people who obviously love and understand them. Except for the declawed condition (which these people did not do of course), these cats have it made. Back in the 1980's, in my home state of Tennessee, a woman had moved there from Maryland and she had a pet 'declawed' bobcat as a pet which was used to sleeping by the fireplace and in their bed with them. In Tennessee, it is illegal to have a pet which is indigenous to the region (something she did not know when they moved there.) The state took her cat from her and put him in an enclosure with another bobcat at a local zoo. The other bobcat killed him the first night now I ask all these animal behaviorists which was better for that poor cat? He should have remained her pet as she was clearly taking care of him and he had been declawed. The law there has lightened up a bit since that incident as another family moved there and they instantly reported that they have a pet bobcat and the state officials asked them to build a proper enclosure for play and enrichment which they did.
@R. C.P Bobcats aren't pets at least like a dog, they can be tame but it requires a special person. Their wild instincts will never go away. That said these are rescues whom the original owners declawed and these people took them in, they cannot ever be released into the wild and I am glad they are being taken care of.
The owners encouraged not breeding them for pets and the previous owner declawed them and bottle fed them from kittens meaning they wouldnt survive in the wild. Bob cats shouldnt be pets but given the situation it’s necessary or given to a bobcat rescue center
A pet is simply an animal you own so anything can be a pet. People were pets when slavery was legal, wolves were pets for natives. You can also domesticate any animal with enough time and proper knowledge (dogs are the result of domesticated wolves over centuries). With advances In genetic engineering we can simply select the traits we desire any animal to have and domesticate with simplicity.
Dam straight there alphas! So one time I had five dogs, big dogs, and one cat and the cat was the alpha at our house . So much love ❤it was good 😊 time in my life.. 🐈 🐕🐾🪶
Bobcats are smart predators, very calculated and cunning. The bobcat in my area, killed and attacked my four ducks. Kept returning until no ducks were left.
She said, "We'll be the first to tell you, these cats should not be bred". Yet, they have 2!🤔 Even though, I agree with her...Bobcat's, are not meant to be, domestic house cats!
What these people are doing is acceptable, taking in a pair of bobcats as a rescue mission really, but anyone taking these fellows out of the bush, then proceeding to declaw and often defanging them so there’s ‘no threat’ involved, is quite simply CRUEL AND CRIMINAL ! Most countries/states have outlawed this practice thank the Gods. Such gorgeous creatures deserve to be protected from this barbarity, it’s their birthright to be allowed to live in peace. Susan and Michael, Australia 💜🦘
Declawing is awful and while I wouldn’t do it for any of my future cats, my past cats were declawed and nobody noticed. They still tried to scratch the couch out of habit. 😂 I promise it won’t traumatize them like people say it will. That being said, I won’t be declawing any future cats because I think it’s unnecessary.
I’m so grateful the Big Cat Public Safety Act passed in the U.S. It’s about time. The awful, greedy exotic pet trade is shameful. Meanwhile, cats that already have been domesticated by humans thousands of years ago are languishing in shelters and suffering on the streets, begging for homes and owners.
A Gueche. I owned one. Or rather he owned me. He was very small undersized. Just showed up. He didn't love a long life. We called him Jolino. They are not pets!
Kind of late, but what a total mistake first by taking them in and second by declawing. These are wild animals that belong in the forest. Just wait till the inborn instinct kicks in.
I need a pet like this, something that could beat up all the neighbour's cats and dogs. Teach them a lesson for coming in and digging holes in my garden???