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That may mean that only veterinarians who are lucky enough to get a job working for a zoo or wildlife sanctuary are the only ones who would be considered for a paid position working with the animals, right? For the rest of us, who didn't major in animal medicine, we may just have to dream about...

Am I wrong if I assume that the only "legal" way for most people to work with big cats is if they're fortunate enough to work as veterinarians for zoos? I might have heard of keepers or trainers who get to train wild animals for educational purposes, but how would one ever manage to get a job...

I may agree wtih most of this. Maybe it all boils down to, "please just listen to both sides of the argument and don't assume your views are one-hundred percent correct and everyone else is wrong." The argument that "apartments shouldn't allow pets because some people are allergic" may make...

As it stands, we may have people constantly looking for loopholes because they want to do something that perhaps should be legal but isn't due perhaps to the government stepping in and maybe essentially telling us that we are too stupid or ignorant to make our own decisions.

Laws intended to protect people might be a very good thing, but perhaps sometimes laws can be misguided and have unintended consequences. There are a lot of things that are regulated in modern society that I may not agree should be regulated. If a person wants to build a house that is not up to...

Maybe laws could be made that minimize risk and better educate pet owners of the potential hardships of owning their pets as well as create reasonable barriers to entry without the need for a wholesale ban? I might agree with a law that requires pet owners and breeders to be more responsible...

Maybe it really all boils down to people are neglecting their pets, then? Do you think that maybe there's a more agreeable solution than just saying that "these animals shouldn't be kept as pets?" Maybe you could say that, "people who keep these animals as pets should be required to have special...

I might be able to argue that hybrid cats aren't the only animals said to do that. Birds are said to only bond to one owner, and I may be able to argue that large parrots are perhaps as difficult if not more difficult to rehome, especially if they've developed biting behaviors.

I may agree that there are legitimate reasons for not wanting to own a serval as a pet, such as the ones listed above, but I still may not understand why we don't have some kind of in between service for the cats that were abandoned. Just calling it a "dangerous wild animal" and forcing it to...

I may consider myself somewhat of a cat expert, but I may want more experience with big cats. How can I ever know if I would be a good big cat owner if I'm not allowed to own or interact with one in the first place? Also, if the guy wasn't against cat ownership in general, why didn't he say...

I also may have trouble believing that a later generation Savannah cat could hurt me any worse than any other domesticated cat, regardless of if it's hybrid or not, simply due to its small size.

In places where wolf dogs are allowed, aren't they essentially saying that what you would use to confine a regular dog is good enough for a wolf dog? If that logic makes sense for wolf dogs, why doesn't it make sense for hybrid cats, like the Savannah breed? Maybe other people's ignorance is a...

Cute! Besides the size, though, what's the difference between a small wild cat and a kitten that's never had any human contact? Aren't they both somewhat difficult to manage if you don't work with them a bit? Why is the enclosure required? Aren't things like bobcats found in the wild? People...

Unless I'm mistaken, in the state of Texas, owning a serval is about the same as owning a Savannah? The rules concerning "dangerous wild animals" apply as much to Savannahs as it does to servals as it does to cougars? Why not just check out a serval if the state is going to penalize for trying...

Are there any Serval / Savannah enthusiasts in the state of Texas?