Lynx.
An Oregon man has been ordered to give up his pet lynx. He’s had the 16-year-old cat since it was ten days old. (A Seattle news program said this morning he’d rescued it from a fur factory.)
Yes, let’s put an animal that has never lived in the wild, which is nearing the end of her expected lifespan, and that, oh, by the way has been declawed, out to live a pastoral existence ‘in the wild’. :rolleyes:
Lucy Stoiber is a horrible person.
As opposed to locked in a cage in the back yard?
As opposed to killing it.
Death is more humane than keeping a lynx locked in a box 24/7. It’s alive yes, but, where’s the quality of life?
Also I don’t see where the letter writer recommending this particular lynx be set free. But lynx do not belong in a cage in a backyard for 16 years. That’s horrific.
She’s been taken out for walks (on a leash). She receives attention from the family. Is it wrong to keep a cat locked in a house 24/7? Is it wrong to keep animals in zoos?
It’s also mentioned the cage is big enough for the owner to enter.
You’re right, I reacted to the word cage, picturing a dog crate sized box. It could be more of an enclosure.
They should let the lynx stay and send the neighbor to a shelter.
I assume she is talking about lynx’s in general, not this particular lynx. Notice she used “they” rather than “she”. Law preventing private ownership of large cats is a good thing, given how often the owners fail to take care of them properly. It is possible that this owner was the exception but he was in violation for the ordinance so them’s the breaks.
Was it named Dorothy?
It is wrong to keep animals like this as pets.
BUT…
When I first read the OP, I naturally assumed that a neighbor was hearing the cat in the back yard and disturbed by the noise. Perfectly valid. But the person who complained got the info second-hand, she could get a big dose of mind your own business.
Oregon government bureaucracy must prevail no matter what.