Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!mhuxl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxa!wetcw From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Bobcats Message-ID: <784@pyuxa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 11:56:30 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxa.784 Posted: Mon Jun 4 11:56:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jun-84 01:24:46 EDT References: <743@avsdT.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 21 [] Bobcats take great delight in munching fingers and other extremities. The also find it amusing to see if they can remove noses with one swipe of the paw. Seriously, though they are wonderful looking creatures, they are NOT pet material. Just as any other of the larger cats can make life interesting with their antics, Bobcats can do the same thing. They have a bad habit of jumping on unsuspecting dogs from high places and reduceing said dog to hamburger (I've seen it happen). They seem to have nasty dispositions and never become the sweet thing you might hope for. They are wild animals with just a little more on the ball than your average house cat. As to laws about keeping them, I rather suspect that most states do not allow them to be kept as pets. At least in those states where they are found in the wild, this is true. Don't try to keep a Bobcat as a pet, you will regret such a decision from day one. T. C. Wheeler