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I thought it was kind of funny they said they did not realize it was not a dog until it got 250 lbs and started walking on its hind legs. Also, what kind of a dog eats a box of fruit and noodles?
That's because you live in the U.S. You've been around dogs. You have Animal Planet on the TV. You know at LEAST one person who has a dog. More likely, you know LOTS of people who have dogs.
China is just relatively recently, infatuated with dog ownership. They live in a country with media censorship. They're simply not as knowledgeable as a US citizen who has generations of history of dog ownership.
Sure, a bear can be trained -- but the effective methods are far from humane. They respond best to fear, not to praise and treats the way a puppy does.
Anyway, I agree with Parnassia. This story's been around in some form for years, and I have serious trouble buying it.
I do not agree with that, there was a guy when i was growing up, that lived next to my uncles farm, he had a male lion. it wast really a pet, as he had built a special enclosure for it, about the size of a large barn, but he had raised this lion from a cub, and he and his wife were the only people to interact with it thru its life, it was as tame as a house cat and just as playful.
He always said its all about how these animals are raised and how they are treated, that has an impact on how they turn out.
I do not agree with that, there was a guy when i was growing up, that lived next to my uncles farm, he had a male lion. it wast really a pet, as he had built a special enclosure for it, about the size of a large barn, but he had raised this lion from a cub, and he and his wife were the only people to interact with it thru its life, it was as tame as a house cat and just as playful.
He always said its all about how these animals are raised and how they are treated, that has an impact on how they turn out.
I don't agree with that. There's always anecdotal evidence, as in someone knew someone whose lion was such a sweet pet it was tame as a housecat (and if that were truly the case, your friend wouldn't have had to build a special enclosure for it and not allow it to interact with others). And for every anecdote about some "tame" wild animal, there are many more instances where one of these "pets" has killed or seriously injured a human.
How sad for the animal that your friends kept it in captivity throughout its entire life.
Domestic animals have about 15,000 years on their wild counterparts as far as living with humans goes. If it were indeed the truth that "it's how the animal is treated," we'd be seeing a lot more success stories concerning people keeping wild creatures as pets.
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I've been seeing a lot of stories like this lately. I would think the bear would be more tame if raised from a baby. Maybe they didn't nurture it like I would. Lol!
It is still a wild animal. Cats have been domesticated for tens of thousands of years and are still much less tame than dogs. You could never tame the bear.
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