re: Big cats can no longer be kept as pets.

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I think at least the last 2 were “rescue” cats from sanctuaries.

I’m pretty sure Roscoe was.

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That is correct. he came from big cats of indiana. they are a rescue for big cats that were obtained from private owners through multiple means. LSU does not pay for any of their tigers in order to not support illegal breeding of these animals and they are donated to the university. This is the practice that's been going on for the last several mikes.

Part of the education centered around the mike's is that there are a large number of these animals in private collections and that its a practice that needs to stop. They are too often put into poor living conditions.

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of bobcats as pets. They were fricking awesome.

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I hated my aunt's bobcat

Did t trust

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No more idiots like that tiger stop douche that had that poor tiger huffing fumes 24/7 for years.

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does that guy still have the billboard up saying how his tiger outlived mike? "he was loved"

"free country"

I thought this was America

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IIRC, if it weren't for private ownership the species would be even more endangered.

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Yep, there’s more in private hands in the US than in the wild.

Not saying that they’re all in good hands, but anyone arguing that this can’t affect Mike had better do a damned thorough job of reading through the law - it only takes one judge to “interpret” some vague part of the law a particular way and Mike’s wrapped up in expensive legal issues. If the costs of those proceedings outweigh the will of the university, then Mike will be gone.

Most of them probably arent known about. You think people gonna give them up?

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The U.S. Senate just passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act

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Yeah this will improve the country

I thought this was America.