what's your favorite cat breed and why?
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Lilly_the_Hillbilly wrote: »Maine Coon.. cause I want a big cat. HoneyBadger out.
I have one. She has been the best tempered cat I've had. She's going on 15 now
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LionessWhispers wrote: »Ligers and tigons usually suffer from gigantism or dwarfism, respectively. This causes their hearts and other organs to struggle and they generally live short lives. They're prone to things like cardiomegaly and painful bones and joints. I wish people would stop breeding them just for the sake of making lots of money off of the poor animals.
Poor animal? and how exactly does it ever live if people don't bread them?Yes... but a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It is a privilege to be among them.
They are not animals that would ever exist naturally in nature. Humans choose to breed them because they are a spectacle that people will pay money to see. I've worked with ligers and tigons that were cast aside because of their incredibly expensive medical bills. They all lived short lives but the people who dumped them in the first place didn't care because they were making thousands of dollars on the next ones already.
The animal's quality of life should matter. They shouldn't be breeding them.1 -
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LionessWhispers wrote: »LionessWhispers wrote: »Ligers and tigons usually suffer from gigantism or dwarfism, respectively. This causes their hearts and other organs to struggle and they generally live short lives. They're prone to things like cardiomegaly and painful bones and joints. I wish people would stop breeding them just for the sake of making lots of money off of the poor animals.
Poor animal? and how exactly does it ever live if people don't bread them?Yes... but a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It is a privilege to be among them.
They are not animals that would ever exist naturally in nature. Humans choose to breed them because they are a spectacle that people will pay money to see. I've worked with ligers and tigons that were cast aside because of their incredibly expensive medical bills. They all lived short lives but the people who dumped them in the first place didn't care because they were making thousands of dollars on the next ones already.
The animal's quality of life should matter. They shouldn't be breeding them.
The vast majority of animals that are currently useful to humans wouldn't exist in their current forms without humans breeding them. House cats and dogs are the most obvious example of that.0 -
LionessWhispers wrote: »LionessWhispers wrote: »Ligers and tigons usually suffer from gigantism or dwarfism, respectively. This causes their hearts and other organs to struggle and they generally live short lives. They're prone to things like cardiomegaly and painful bones and joints. I wish people would stop breeding them just for the sake of making lots of money off of the poor animals.
Poor animal? and how exactly does it ever live if people don't bread them?Yes... but a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It is a privilege to be among them.
They are not animals that would ever exist naturally in nature. Humans choose to breed them because they are a spectacle that people will pay money to see. I've worked with ligers and tigons that were cast aside because of their incredibly expensive medical bills. They all lived short lives but the people who dumped them in the first place didn't care because they were making thousands of dollars on the next ones already.
The animal's quality of life should matter. They shouldn't be breeding them.
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Umm I'm sorry but how are ligers "useful to humans"? House cats and dogs are bred for companionship or jobs that assist humans, yes. What are ligers bred for? People are choosing to breed them knowing that they will live a short and painful life. You support breeding a hybrid animal knowing that it will be living in pain and want to equate it to the happy house cats in the photos above?OneHundredToLose wrote: »The vast majority of animals that are currently useful to humans wouldn't exist in their current forms without humans breeding them. House cats and dogs are the most obvious example of that.
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LionessWhispers wrote: »Umm I'm sorry but how are ligers "useful to humans"?
Didn't say they were. I was just pointing out that your argument about them not existing without mankind's intervention isn't a sound one, since that's true for literally hundreds of other species.
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Yay! Somebody saw it!_incogNEATo_ wrote: »LionessWhispers wrote: »They are not animals that would ever exist naturally in nature.
ha
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OneHundredToLose wrote: »
Didn't say they were. I was just pointing out that your argument about them not existing without mankind's intervention isn't a sound one, since that's true for literally hundreds of other species.
What? Lol did you read what I responded to? That was my response to the question "how exactly does it ever live if people don't [breed] them?" I was stating that they don't. They don't exist if people don't breed them because they are not found in nature.0 -
LionessWhispers wrote: »OneHundredToLose wrote: »
Didn't say they were. I was just pointing out that your argument about them not existing without mankind's intervention isn't a sound one, since that's true for literally hundreds of other species.
What? Lol did you read what I responded to? That was my response to the question "how exactly does it ever live if people don't [breed] them?" I was stating that they don't. They don't exist if people don't breed them because they are not found in nature.
That doesn't change the fact that saying they only exist because people breed them is irrelevant. That's pretty much true of all domesticated animals as well as many animals that are forced to live in zoos.0 -
People who walk cats on leashes are just cray cray and need to be locked up!
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Escloflowne wrote: »People who walk cats on leashes are just cray cray and need to be locked up!
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Remember the jogging stroller for the cat? That was a classic.
Was probably nuked though.0 -
Pu$$y! My favorite cat breed is the pu$$y cat.
Dang! No what's wrong with a pu$$y cat?-1 -
OneHundredToLose wrote: »
That doesn't change the fact that saying they only exist because people breed them is irrelevant. That's pretty much true of all domesticated animals as well as many animals that are forced to live in zoos.
Except that it IS irrelevant because I never used that as a reason for why they shouldn't exist. I provided legitimate reasons as to why I don't believe people should be breeding them.
I only pointed out that they only exist by human intervention because the person asked how they would exist if humans did not breed them. I'm sorry that you confused my answer to the OP's question with me providing a reason. They are two separate things.0 -
I used to love dogs but after owning the world's stupidest beagle and working in a dog grooming place with a lunatic boss, I don't care for dogs at all anymore. Cats are awesome and fit way better into my lifestyle. I'd be lost without by freaky 6-toed cat.1
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ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »I used to love dogs but after owning the world's stupidest beagle and working in a dog grooming place with a lunatic boss, I don't care for dogs at all anymore. Cats are awesome and fit way better into my lifestyle. I'd be lost without by freaky 6-toed cat.
Don't make this a dog-shaming thread. You should be ashamed.0 -
_incogNEATo_ wrote: »ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »I used to love dogs but after owning the world's stupidest beagle and working in a dog grooming place with a lunatic boss, I don't care for dogs at all anymore. Cats are awesome and fit way better into my lifestyle. I'd be lost without by freaky 6-toed cat.
Don't make this a dog-shaming thread. You should be ashamed.
Not sorry in the least.0 -
PurringMyrrh wrote: »
It's so fluffy!0 -
Maine coon because they are so similar to dogs.... Gentle giants x0
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Regarding cat breeds that would not exist in nature: most of what we see in the domestic house cat breeds DO exist in nature, just not in the quantity that we see. People see a trait that they like (short hair, long hair, no hair, etc) and combine similar looking cats to maintain that trait. Even the rumpy and stumpy Manx cats are a naturally occurring trait. Same with the ears of the Scottish Fold and the American Curl. What I don't like is perpetuating things that would not allow the cat to survive in the wild, like super short legs. I also do not like interbreeding species that would not breed together on their own (like the housecat/Asian Leopard cat combo that produced the Bengal and the Serval/housecat combo that produces the Savannah). Tinkering with nature like that is wrong.
My favorite is still the "who knows what" shelter cat like my Mr. Hector:
Although I love Coonies too, like Miss Mika:
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Kitties! I love any type of cat! But long haired orange tabbies are the sweetest... They always seem exceptionally friendly.0
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I don't have a favorite breed...I just like fat ones.1
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Dead ones are goodDead.... Is that a breed?
These guys have the right idea. I'm not a proper cat owner. The only one I ever had did back flips across the living room (on the couch of course) when I was about 10. ALWAYS landed on her feet.
I may get another one, that's bringing back so many memories
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