Woman brings Lynx in for spaying and declawing, thinks its a cat.

[TheMightyFavog]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050818/ap_on_fe_st/pet_lynx

OGDEN, Utah - The cat Karen Goeckect brought to a veterinarian to be spayed and declawed was actually a lynx — a threatened species that wildlife officials say is illegal to own in Utah.

Veterinarian Greg Johnston said 16-week-old Sasa was the size of a large house cat, but had black-tufted ears, thick, lanky legs and oversized feet tipped with half-inch claws.

"After working for Fish and Game and spending 40 years as a veterinarian, I knew what I was dealing with" — a lynx, Johnston said

[mike_c]

1. good gawd, she wanted to declaw a lynx to keep as a pet....

That is so fucking wrong. I'm appalled.

[Elidor]

2. Dayyam. No cat should ever be declawed, especially a wild one.

"She's not afraid of humans," Goeckect said. "She'll come right up and sit on your lap. If she was declawed, she'd be no different from a house cat."

Johnston said Goeckect may be able to control Sasa now, but when she reaches her full size of 30 to 40 pounds she will pose a danger to people and pets.

"This cat would have always been in charge," Johnston said. "The family would have been pretty much hostages to it."

This woman is capital-D Daft. I've seen a 40-pound cat in the wild, and it will put the fear of god in you. I wouldn't permit one within 30 feet of me, ever.

[friesianrider]

11. I agree...declawing is absolutely brutal.

And shouldn't be done to any cat, let alone a wild one.

[TheMightyFavog]

14. Ummmm...

"This cat would have always been in charge," Johnston said. "The family would have been pretty much hostages to it."

Isn't this the case with regular housecats, as well?

[StClone]

3. Sure it wasn't a Liger?

Kip (King) from Idaho was the Wildlife official! Go figure.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. How the shit to you spay and declaw a text-only web browser?

[Dave Reynolds]

5. DOS edit, of course. nt.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Ah, touché.

[Lex]

7. But the kitty lynx is sooo cute!

THEN, you become its bitch:

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

8. ummmm

that looks like my cat, George, who would look similarly angry if I put funny black things on his ears.

[nookiemonster]

9. Oops!

:scared:

eom

[barb162]

10. If her home is Idaho and they are legal in Idaho what the hell

is she doing in Utah? I wish the story would have explained that

[uppityperson]

12. Had a bunch of baby weasels show up @ a school, kid thought ferrets

was giving them out to friends. One teacher, a wildlife enthusiast, recognized them as weasels, not ferrets, were all confiscated. Can you imagine a weasel either? Slinky, vicious, lots of teeth and really fast.

[Reciprocity]

13. WTF!!!!

In Utah, lynx can be kept only by zoos or pelt farms, Division of Wildlife Resources Conservation Officer Kip King said.

Tell me this doesn’t mean, what I think it means?

[AntiCoup2K4]

15. What else could it mean?

Can't declaw that kitty, but if you want to skin it and wear the thing, that's perfectly legal.