More from the wildlife centre
Oct. 23rd, 2007 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiggymalvern
Things have eased off seriously at the wildlife centre over the last few weeks. Instead of barely finishing (or just plain not finishing) in the baby mammal room by the time I leave, the last two weeks I've been running through both the mammal room and the bird room by myself, and I'm still left with time to spare. Which means I've had chance to visit the other inhabitants.
The last few of this year's raccoons still waiting for release, in the outside pens. They're so big now! All of my beloved opossums are gone, which is both good and a little sad :-(
This is Bear. Bear's a bobcat, who was found as a small kitten by some people who completely stupidly (and even more illegally) kept him. They brought him to Sarvey when he became a big, boisterous adolescent who had never learned to play with his claws in, by which time he was completely human-adapted and therefore unreleasable.
Bear is now a close to middle-aged and slightly fat bobcat, living out his life alone in a wire pen.
But Bear's really just a big kitty, who loves having his chin rubbed as much as any kitty does. He adores people, and comes to the wire purring - such a deep purr! - for any human who visits his pen (though he likes women more than men).
Everyone at Sarvey feels so sorry for Bear, especially over the summer, since no-one has chance to really spend time with him, and he gets lonely. We currently have a new bobcat kitten, which is kept in the farthest pen from the buildings and permanently covered with tarps. We're almost half-hoping the kitten isn't releasable either so it could be a friend for Bear :-( People, if you ever find a young wild animal, enjoy its company for an exceptionally privileged few hours, and then hand it over to the experts.
Driving home from the wildlife centre yesterday, an exceptionally privileged me.
The last few of this year's raccoons still waiting for release, in the outside pens. They're so big now! All of my beloved opossums are gone, which is both good and a little sad :-(
This is Bear. Bear's a bobcat, who was found as a small kitten by some people who completely stupidly (and even more illegally) kept him. They brought him to Sarvey when he became a big, boisterous adolescent who had never learned to play with his claws in, by which time he was completely human-adapted and therefore unreleasable.
Bear is now a close to middle-aged and slightly fat bobcat, living out his life alone in a wire pen.
But Bear's really just a big kitty, who loves having his chin rubbed as much as any kitty does. He adores people, and comes to the wire purring - such a deep purr! - for any human who visits his pen (though he likes women more than men).
Everyone at Sarvey feels so sorry for Bear, especially over the summer, since no-one has chance to really spend time with him, and he gets lonely. We currently have a new bobcat kitten, which is kept in the farthest pen from the buildings and permanently covered with tarps. We're almost half-hoping the kitten isn't releasable either so it could be a friend for Bear :-( People, if you ever find a young wild animal, enjoy its company for an exceptionally privileged few hours, and then hand it over to the experts.
Driving home from the wildlife centre yesterday, an exceptionally privileged me.
