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I can see this happening. But, wow, just the same.
I retired policeman in a midwestern state told me of going on a "mad dog" call to a house. The occupants had recently returned from a Central American country and had smuggled a stray Chihuahua. They thought.
It was actually some sort of rat that objected to domestic life! They were in soooo much trouble.
I can see this happening. But, wow, just the same.
I retired policeman in a midwestern state told me of going on a "mad dog" call to a house. The occupants had recently returned from a Central American country and had smuggled a stray Chihuahua. They thought.
It was actually some sort of rat that objected to domestic life! They were in soooo much trouble.
I think that may have been a spin on the mexican sewer rat with rabies story, which was popular in the 90s: snopes.com: The Mexican Pet - kinda a fun tale.
I gotta think that the owner had a sneaking suspicion, how lucky that he was the person who bought them though? Of course it would be best if they could be released into the wild but given the situation this was the next best possible outcome. Too often we hear of exotic animals being smuggled and killed or kept in terrible conditions. In this case he was a good caretaker and did a stellar job rasing them. It was mentioned they were groomed everyday and that they were friendly to visitors. The wildlife center that has them now will benefit from all his work and can hopefully use these bears in a breeding program to restore wild populations.
This reminds me of a Found poster I saw on the internet years ago.
The poster said:
FOUND- LOST CAT
Kind of funny looking. Has hair problems on its tail.
Gray and yellow with some stripes. Found near ----- and ----- a couple of days ago.
Not house broken. Not very friendly.
The picture showed an opossum who sure didn't look very friendly.
It cracked me up, but I can see where a kid who's never seen a possum could mistake one for a cat, especially in the middle of a big suburb. Lots of kids these days never get a chance to go out into our wild places, and that's a sad thing to me.
How did he even catch it? He's lucky he didn't come up short two or three fingers. They're not exactly wolverines, but if you corner a wild possum, he'll fight. They're generally passive and will do their best to get away, but when you actually catch one and he has no choice but to fight, he knows how to do it.
This reminds me of a Found poster I saw on the internet years ago.
The poster said:
FOUND- LOST CAT
Kind of funny looking. Has hair problems on its tail.
Gray and yellow with some stripes. Found near ----- and ----- a couple of days ago.
Not house broken. Not very friendly.
The picture showed an opossum who sure didn't look very friendly.
It cracked me up, but I can see where a kid who's never seen a possum could mistake one for a cat, especially in the middle of a big suburb. Lots of kids these days never get a chance to go out into our wild places, and that's a sad thing to me.
I remember this in a compilation of silly and fake posters up around metropolitan and university areas. We see things like this all the time in my university community. I'm sure this was meant as a joke.
I don't know... I can understand being surprised to learn that your potbelly piglet was actually a Berkshire, but BEARS?
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