Sometimes in life we are bored with the usual domestic animals. My friend was browsing through the World Wide Web and saw ads for unusual domesticated feline animals. He began communicating and had them fax him pictures of different animals. interested in the bobcat. They then faxed him three sheets of different types of bobcats. He picked out two that he liked. company said that he could have a bobcat within three months because they needed to breed the animals. He mailed them a thousand dollars, then he had to purchase a book that was 300 dollars and buy a month's worth of raw meat that cost 200 dollars. This check had to be mailed and received before that animal was sent. supposedly taken from New York and brought to Los Angeles. The bobcat kitten was gentle in nature and demanded time fromIt was to be treated like any other cat, but it wasn'tThe bobcat wouldn't leave its owner's side and proceeded to whine every second that the owner left.

It destroyed all the furniture and within two weeks, it was already outgrowing its The main problem was dealing with the severe mood swings theOne minute the animal was docile and the next minute it would turn on you. During the first month of its life, it was gentle to anybody. But after the first month, any new person entering the apartment would be viciously attacked. And if the owner tried to discipline him, the animal wouldYou could see that after a month and a half, the animal's docile behavior had changed. Then the bobcat became sick. The raw meat was giving the animal severe constipation and it would no longer eat the food. another problem arose: how do you take an illegal animal to theLuckily, he had a friend that he took the animal to. doctor said that the animal was really sick and should never have been fed raw meat. My friend then called the company to tell themThey said that his contract stated that if the animal

becomes sick, they have to take it back. So, three days later, they came and took away the bobcat. In the end, it was all a scam. They knew that the animal would become sick and that's why it was written into the contract. question is, how can there be a legal contract involving an illegal animal that binds the purchaser into giving the animal back? No bobcat should ever be domesticated. I wonder what happened to that animal - I hope it wasn't destroyed. Some animals shouldn't be Note from Dr. Hardy: It saddens me greatly to learn of well-meaning people who break the law [it is illegal to own native wildlife in Californiain order to obtain exotic pets, only to lose money and put themselves (and the animal) in jeopardy. above experience of my student and her friend is based on the false assumption that "tame" means "domesticated." While some wild animals can be tamed - i.e., the tree squirrel that takes peanuts from one's hand -

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