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Skriven 2014-12-13 12:21:00 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOE DELAHAYE
Ärende: Dogs
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On 12-13-14, JOE DELAHAYE said to DAVID DRUMMOND:


JD>Re: Dogs
JD>By: David Drummond to Joe Delahaye on Sat Dec 13 2014 15:48:41


JD>> Ceasar (the Dog Whisperer), has a TV show, and also goes on speaking
JD>> tours (with his dogs) all over the world.  He has been in Australia


DD> Never heard of him - but then I don't follow performing dog shows. Is he
DD> of Roman stock?


JD>> No, not performing dogs.  He is a dog behaviour specialist


DD> Yeah - they all claim that.


JD>Google Dog Whisperer and all will be clear.



One of the most vivid public lessons in `leave wild things alone' was a guy
who used to have a show on TV that showed him screwing around with wild
animals in their own habitat. I don't recall his name, but he was a rather
enthusiastic sort of person, muscular and good looking. Nice personality.


And he screwed around with all sorts of wild animals...lions, wolves,
poisonous snakes...etc.


He finally got into the water with a large manta ray and started messing
around with it. It turns out that giant manta's have a barb at the end of
their tails that makes a Special Forces bayonet look puny by comparison, and
they know how to use them, too. The animal stabbed him right through the heart
with its barbed tail!


Of course....the whole entertainment and viewer world fell apart at his
`untimely' death. But you didn't hear much about one simple thing from any of
the `grieving' media or public:


*Wild* creatures are called *wild* for a reason: They are *wild*! They are NOT
pets or ordinary companions of Man...and they are best left ALONE!


I've lived in Southern California since the late 1970's. At one time back then
there was, on average, about 5 to 7 dangerous encounters between humans and
mountain lions every year.


And yes....we have lions in this state. Although they are not the 4 or 5
hundred pound African lion variety, they are every bit as dangerous.


Funny...when you encounter Easterners out here up in one of our county or
state parks in the mountains, and you say that to them, they get a sort of
funny look on their faces as though they think you're a little unhinged or
something.


Typically, someone would get hurt or killed by one because they came upon one
resting, or drinking at a stream, or eating a `kill'...and they `wanted a
closer look'! Or they went into the forest alone and were spotted by a lion
that took them for prey and killed them.


Same with bears in the Northern part of California, or the northwestern
states.


Many times humans do deliberate encounters with wild things, and end up
getting hurt or killed. I hate it when a human gets mauled or killed by a lion
or bear, and the animal is hunted down and killed. To me...its being killed
for `just being a lion', or `just being a bear'.






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