{"id":9843,"date":"2013-07-20T13:36:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9843"},"modified":"2013-07-20T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T14:18:50","slug":"servals-as-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/servals-as-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Servals as pets ( not for me and a wider implication for all wild souls future&#8217;s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me set my stall out<br \/>\nright up front for you<br \/>\nI have never seen<br \/>\nadoption as a way<br \/>\nhabitat loss is something<br \/>\nthat is happening<br \/>\nbut taking over exotic pets<br \/>\ndoes say<br \/>\na similar kind of message<br \/>\nand I am  very sure<br \/>\nthe wild should always<br \/>\nreally be out there<br \/>\nwe have to appreciate<br \/>\nthat there are wild creatures<br \/>\nwho congregate and live their lives<br \/>\nand that I see as fair<\/p>\n<p>Companies are set up now<br \/>\nto exploit them<br \/>\nto them the concept doesn&#8217;t mean a lot<br \/>\nif they can make some money out<br \/>\ncutting down the wilderness<br \/>\nthey have the means<br \/>\nand need to fill their pot<\/p>\n<p>wild animals should never ever<br \/>\nbe contained<br \/>\nrestricted in their movements<br \/>\notherwise<br \/>\nthey then become dependant on<br \/>\nthe human who  cannot begin to<br \/>\nrealize<\/p>\n<p>even our domestic cats have instincts<br \/>\nmovements, habits, throwbacks to a time<br \/>\nwhen they too perhaps were feral<br \/>\nof were wild out in the bush<br \/>\nwhen survival mean&#8217;t they had to run and climb<\/p>\n<p>but serval&#8217;s they are different<br \/>\nwild and wonderful<br \/>\nthere is no doubt a rarity in fact<br \/>\nand unless you can contain them in a high enough<br \/>\nenclosure<br \/>\nhow others and the authorities re act<\/p>\n<p>will govern how the animals survival<br \/>\nbased on what its use to in the wild<br \/>\nenclosing it as is the want of society<br \/>\nin truth will  create souls really defiled<br \/>\nabused because they cannot live their true life<br \/>\nyes they are handsome and have quality<br \/>\nbut as a living breathing handsome animal<br \/>\nas pets they really shouldn&#8217;t ever be<\/p>\n<p>if we want them them then we build a mini zoo<br \/>\nan enclosure,where their freedom is usurped<br \/>\nfor society has rules<br \/>\nto protect  domestic species<br \/>\nand  their nocturnal hunting<br \/>\nreally calls<br \/>\nfor freedom just to roam<br \/>\nand hunt, its in them<br \/>\neach sinew of their body really knows<br \/>\nwhen the night draws in they do go hunting<br \/>\nthat  is when the spirit really flows<\/p>\n<p>and somewhere where there&#8217;s water<br \/>\nfor it seems<br \/>\nunlike cats the serval likes the water<br \/>\nloves to swim and catch fish<br \/>\nit redeems<br \/>\nitself for in its make up, its uniqueness<br \/>\nit eats all sorts of creatures<br \/>\nmostly small<br \/>\nbut the joy of catching and eating<br \/>\nis how the serval feeds<br \/>\ngorging  and regurgitating everything it eats<br \/>\nreally that&#8217;s the serval&#8217;s trait<br \/>\nand  how it succeeds<\/p>\n<p>they can leap up to 9 feet<br \/>\nand pluck a bird out of the air<br \/>\nthey are equipped to do this in the wild<br \/>\nthey are aware<br \/>\nyou see already the serval is designed<br \/>\nmore for the wild<br \/>\nthan a pet although some homes<br \/>\nwe hear are really being trialled <\/p>\n<p>but unless you have a lot of land and money<br \/>\nand time and know what wild souls need<br \/>\neach day<br \/>\nthey will never ever be a lap cat<br \/>\nnot in this generation anyway<br \/>\nand in my heart I don&#8217;t feel it is proper<br \/>\nwild is wild and tame is cruel to me<br \/>\nthe circus shows us that<br \/>\nwild is wild and zoo&#8217;s are cruel<br \/>\nand that is where its at do you agree?<br \/>\nits a kind of luke warm environment<br \/>\na bridge thats just  too far<br \/>\nif circus is wrong and rodeo&#8217;s wrong<br \/>\nthen domestication too are<br \/>\nits a way to broaden that freedom<br \/>\nto denigrate how they live<br \/>\nto devalue their emotions<br \/>\nand arrogantly give<br \/>\nwhat you feel is what they  need<br \/>\nbut they need to be wild<br \/>\nthat dears is their birthright<br \/>\nto us they are like a child<\/p>\n<p>a child out of Africa<br \/>\nwhose needs were written by<br \/>\na higher force than  the human force<br \/>\nand I believe that&#8217;s why<br \/>\nwe should enjoy their photographs<br \/>\nand marvel at their form<br \/>\nbut to morph them into domestic life<br \/>\nis drumming up a storm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me set my stall out right up front for you I have never seen adoption as a way habitat loss is something that is happening but taking over exotic pets does say a similar kind of message and I &hellip; 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