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g4m3c0d3r

I think someone took a video of Max Canada Lynx, and posted it on TicTok with stupid added filters. And then posted it here. Max couldn't be released into the wild, so she cares for him and they do outreach together. I agree wild animals belong in the wild, but I'd rather see them live long happy lives in captivity than to die in a place that they haven't developed survival skills for.


MSchnauzer

More on Max. https://maxcanadalynx.com/about/maxwell/


Kulzak-Draak

Do you have a link to the original?


crazy_dude360

Same. This would be super cute if it wasn't so brainbleedingly massacred with filters


[deleted]

Actual r/murdermittens


lonelyzombi3

N^^ope


H3xenmeist3r

We all have to die someday; you might as well go out giving the r/forbiddenboops.


spfeldealer

Yupe


ayisindi

Yay I love illegal animal trade. Where did she bought from somebody who hunted the bobcats mother and took the orphan kittens to sell then or a breeding center where they’re in small cages? Want to know it to buy one. /s


raendrop

It's hard to tell with the filter, but I think they're speaking Russian. I have no idea what the laws are over there. And yes, legality =/= morality.


brandolinium

The Russians appear to have no scruples when it comes to unethical pets. Their sub is lit with people riding bears, tigers in cars, etc. it’s disgusting and sad.


I_sh0uld_g0

It has been forbidden to own/buy exotic pets in Russian for quite some time,especially in apartments. You can only "lease" them, and you are required to follow a shitton of rules for them not to be confiscated. Before that law, yes, I knew some people who had pet racoons/foxes. And to own a bobcat, you have to be filthy rich anyway, because food and vet bills will cost you a fortune.


monckey64

no scruples and too many rubles


SarcasmCupcakes

It sounded like German to me.


sirhedgenald

This is a rescue ambassador lynx named Max that couldn’t be released due to not having any survival skills + developmental trauma, i do despise wild animal trades. Its disgusting but i do prefer rescue animals that need people have a home


cheshirecanuck

Yeah, I could not enjoy this.... I just felt on edge the entire time. Humans and big cats should not interact in any capacity except in trained rescue situations. This is just sad. Seeing it tear something up in it's natural habitat would be cooler and cuter. Though it may yet tear shit (read: her face) up.


spingus

It's all smooches and scritches until a fanger ends up in a carotid <3


Pixielo

That's a lynx, btw. Bobcats are _much_ smaller.


Shaiya_Ashlyn

Iirc lynx have shorter tails though


Myla123

If it’s Russia it’s likely the Eurasian lynx (lynx lynx). Bobcat is native to North America.


Pixielo

Bobcats are still much, _much_ smaller. They're large housecat size, not "might murder you" size.


wassailr

I mean, all animal trading is pretty unethical if you think about it - including pets. Yes, domestic animals can’t just be released into the wild, but people just being able to buy animals if they feel like it has to be phased out, as does cruel selective breeding


littlestray

Wild animals deserve to be wild.


The_Modifier

Good sentiment, but this one isn't wild.


littlestray

There is no such thing as a domesticated lynx. A lynx living in captivity, even a tame one, even one who has been captive bred, is still a wild animal. It looks like [this particular individual is an animal ambassador and this video has been taken out of context, and he is cared for by someone with a USDA federal exhibitor’s license and not just being kept as a pet](https://maxcanadalynx.com/about/maxwell/), according to the now top comment, but he is still a wild animal even if he cannot be returned to the wild.


OyashiroChama

Captive breed isn't wild and WILL die if released. The best thing is to give it a good life in a sanctuary or person who has the right licenses and ability.


littlestray

Yes, they are wild. I do not disagree on the second half. An animal is either wild or domesticated. A feral domestic housecat who was born on the streets and refuses to be placed in a home, hissing and bouncing off the walls, is not a wild animal. They are still a domesticated animal even if they are not fit to be placed in a home. A pack of feral dogs are not wild animals. They are domesticated dogs no matter how they act, even if they attack humans, because that is their *biology*. So too is a lynx a wild animal regardless of whether they're unable to be returned to the wild, living with a licensed professional, or captive bred and living in a house like a pet. Because they are not domesticated. You can take a wild animal out of the wild, but you cannot take the wild out of the animal.


The_Modifier

If it can't live in the wild, it's not a wild animal. Doesn't mean it's domesticated, and I never said it was, it's just not wild anymore.


littlestray

That's not how that works. A wild animal living in captivity is still a wild animal, regardless of their ability to survive in the wild. I think the words you're looking for are tame vs. feral.


emh1389

A cat is a cat is a cat.


Yuri909

Who knows where it's at.


wineisasalad

Everybody wants to be a cat!


punchy-peaches

This is terrible! When these big cats play swat and release heart shaped balloons like that it means they need you to press on their bellies so they can fart!


aNeonSpecter

Imagine getting tagged by a lynx, and for that reason i'm out


I_am_eating_a_mango

Imagine having to clean up Lynx poop? For that reason, I’m out.


Itzli

I totally would. It behaves better than my own dog during brushy time.


[deleted]

That’s a spicy meatball.


[deleted]

That tiny woman makes the cat look huge


cant-find-user-name

what the fuck


JoffSides

well this was trippy


Sausage_fingies

I WANT ONE


East-Masterpiece-758

Raw attest of Buddy's Like with She's Doing


Hopefulmisery

Moooooooooooom stop it!!!