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Lost cat

songbird — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:32:42 GMT

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:34:12 GMT

I do not think it is a cat. Better call animal control.

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Cakers3 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:58:25 GMT

@Group 5 minus 1 It is a cat. Just not a domesticated breed. LOL

This ended up on somebody's property and a caption was added as a joke.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:40:42 GMT

I never thought it was a domesticated cat.

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Spurt — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:26:47 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
@Group 5 minus 1 It is a cat. Just not a domesticated breed. LOL

This ended up on somebody's property and a caption was added as a joke.

@Cakers3

I remember a funny story from our area during a particular dry summer..... a child kept telling their mother there was a kitty at their swimming pool, and the mother thought nothing of it....just assumed it was a neighbor's cat...until she looked out the kitchen window and saw that it was a mountain lion (they lived in a subdivision on the far outskirts of town)....😸

The exclusive Dominion neighborhood just Northwest of San Antonio has had reports of an unwanted guest. There has been a mountain lion sighting within the last four days. "The Dominion is in a location where it's possible there are mountain lions," said Roland Fuentas, a game warden. The sighting sent the homeowners' association into action. "(We) put an announcement up on our board and sent out an email blast to our residents just to let them know that it has been seen," said Rob McDaniel, Dominion HOA general manager.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:59:18 GMT

@Spurt

OMG! I would freak if I saw that outside of my kitchen window!

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Anonymous032819 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:04:33 GMT

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Foxxee — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:26:43 GMT

Cougar, sometimes called mountain lion.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:14:25 GMT

@Anonymous032819

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Anonymous032819 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:18:29 GMT

Cougar a.k.a. mountain lion a.k.a puma = all the same animal, just different names for it.

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Cakers3 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:35:54 GMT

@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:
I never thought it was a domesticated cat.

@Group 5 minus 1 It's still a cat. LOL I was responding to your first post indicating that this was not a cat.

The whole thing is a joke captioned on a real picture of somebody's encounter with this cat.

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catter70 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:24:06 GMT

What a beauty.

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Cakers3 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:26:13 GMT

@catter70 wrote:
What a beauty.

@catter70 True-but I wouldn't go out and attempt a belly rub. LOL

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Spurt — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:42:03 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
@catter70 wrote:
What a beauty.
@catter70 True-but I wouldn't go out and attempt a belly rub. LOL

@Cakers3

Admire from afar.....

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songbird — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:28:56 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
Cougar, sometimes called mountain lion.

Same teeth.....

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songbird — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:32:35 GMT

This one isn't friendly either

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jellyBEAN — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:36:24 GMT

@songbird wrote:
This one isn't friendly either

Here kitty kitty - come and get your supper!!

Such a gorgeous creature. Remember Siegfried n Roy's white tigers?

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77yangya — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:46:40 GMT

@songbird wrote:

Looks like a mountain lion, or puma, or cougar. Call the authorities. DO NOT approach, DO NOT feed it. They are losing their habitat at an alarming rate. Not enough people care to stop this so yes, they end up on our door step. It's not the animal's fault. It needs to be darted and relocated in a place (if they can find one) away from communities. This is why building and deforestation must stop. THEY need a place to live too.....please be careful. A cat this size and even one that's only 40lbs. can kill you very easily. Keep your distance. He's beautiful though.

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songbird — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:49:55 GMT

@77yangya Oh I agree.

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Anonymous032819 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:03:41 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
@songbird wrote:
Looks like a mountain lion, or puma, or cougar. Call the authorities. DO NOT approach, DO NOT feed it. They are losing their habitat at an alarming rate. Not enough people care to stop this so yes, they end up on our door step. It's not the animal's fault. It needs to be darted and relocated in a place (if they can find one) away from communities. This is why building and deforestation must stop. THEY need a place to live too.....please be careful. A cat this size and even one that's only 40lbs. can kill you very easily. Keep your distance. He's beautiful though.

Actually, male mountain lions can weigh anywhere from 120lbs - 220lbs.

Females can weigh anywhere between 64 lbs and 140lbs.

If I saw a mountain lion outside my door, I would leave it alone. I would not want it to be relocated, because what if it was a mama? You relocate her, then her babies would starve and die. You wouldn't want that to happen, would you? And the likelihood of finding the cubs are remote at best.