Comments on: Belfast Lion Sighted http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: dogu4 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-47045 dogu4 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:25:44 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-47045 Cryptidsrus: it's no secret that the biggest hurdle to doing almost anything worthwhile is overcoming humans instinctive fear of the new or unfamiliar. It's particularly sad when it's fear of wild animals as they are our natural co-inhabitants and particularly now in modern times the likelihood of much predation is so small. If they're there on our outskirts and remaining elusive as they seem to have been, then they can't really be as much of a problem as our fear suggests...but the "red in tooth and claw" aspect of our apprehension would take a lot of consciousness raising and awareness expansion to get over our nightmares. In the mean time I remain a staunch advocate of re-establishing pleistocene communities using sorrogates and genetic selection to return the full complexity and dirvesity those under-populated and biologically impoverished areas of our own intermountain west and southwest. Cheers Cryptidsrus: it’s no secret that the biggest hurdle to doing almost anything worthwhile is overcoming humans instinctive fear of the new or unfamiliar. It’s particularly sad when it’s fear of wild animals as they are our natural co-inhabitants and particularly now in modern times the likelihood of much predation is so small. If they’re there on our outskirts and remaining elusive as they seem to have been, then they can’t really be as much of a problem as our fear suggests…but the “red in tooth and claw” aspect of our apprehension would take a lot of consciousness raising and awareness expansion to get over our nightmares. In the mean time I remain a staunch advocate of re-establishing pleistocene communities using sorrogates and genetic selection to return the full complexity and dirvesity those under-populated and biologically impoverished areas of our own intermountain west and southwest. Cheers

]]> By: cryptidsrus http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-47040 cryptidsrus Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:47:53 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-47040 Hopefully the felid will be caught and no one will get hurt (including the animal). Dogu4--- I feel you, bud, but I don't think the good people of Belfast or parts near it will quite appreciate having a population of Irish lions roaming about the countryside near their city. Maybe in a preserve, but not near Belfast. They already have "Troubles" of their own without adding to it, ya know? Hopefully the felid will be caught and no one will get hurt (including the animal).

Dogu4—
I feel you, bud, but I don’t think the good people of Belfast or parts near it will quite appreciate having a population of Irish lions roaming about the countryside near their city. Maybe in a preserve, but not near Belfast. They already have “Troubles” of their own without adding to it, ya know?

]]> By: dogu4 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-46982 dogu4 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:06:48 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-46982 If they do indeed turn out to be big cats, whether lions, leopards or even tigers, I hope they stay on the loose and remind us all that it wasn't too long ago when these species were our cohabitants and should be rightly returned in some meaningful way. If they do indeed turn out to be big cats, whether lions, leopards or even tigers, I hope they stay on the loose and remind us all that it wasn’t too long ago when these species were our cohabitants and should be rightly returned in some meaningful way.

]]> By: Gary the Cat http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-46978 Gary the Cat Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:27:35 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-46978 In an addendum to my prior comment-the conditions these poor beasts were kept in was horrendous. Most lived in what were no bigger or better than bird cages in the terraced council house backyards of the slums of Belfast. I should think death was a mercy to the animals. In an addendum to my prior comment-the conditions these poor beasts were kept in was horrendous.
Most lived in what were no bigger or better than bird cages in the terraced council house backyards of the slums of Belfast.
I should think death was a mercy to the animals.

]]> By: Gary the Cat http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-46975 Gary the Cat Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:29:44 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-46975 Something that makes the sighting of oop large cats and other animals more likely in Ireland is this; when the Dangerous Wild Animals Act was introduced in the rest of the UK in 1976(?), it ws not enacted in Northern Ireland due to the difficulty in prosecuting it (due to the political situation). I can remember seeing a TV programme showing the NI equivalent of the RSPCA visiting the homes of the IRA Warlords who all kept exotic pets like Wolves, Lynx, Lions etc as status symbols-being "The Big Man" locally, and possibly for disposing of their political rivals. I don't know if this is still the situation, but given how much of what goes on in NI is supressed in the media to give the impression of peace, it is likely that these animals are still kept, escape, or are discarded on a regular basis. Something that makes the sighting of oop large cats and other animals more likely in Ireland is this; when the Dangerous Wild Animals Act was introduced in the rest of the UK in 1976(?), it ws not enacted in Northern Ireland due to the difficulty in prosecuting it (due to the political situation).
I can remember seeing a TV programme showing the NI equivalent of the RSPCA visiting the homes of the IRA Warlords who all kept exotic pets like Wolves, Lynx, Lions etc as status symbols-being “The Big Man” locally, and possibly for disposing of their political rivals.
I don’t know if this is still the situation, but given how much of what goes on in NI is supressed in the media to give the impression of peace, it is likely that these animals are still kept, escape, or are discarded on a regular basis.

]]> By: Quakerhead http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-46969 Quakerhead Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:50:48 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-46969 Probably an escaped or (sadly) a released "pet". It's frightening to think of the number of people that think still that if they acquire a large exotic cat when it's young that it will be a "big kitty cat" when it matures. More often than not, the big kitty will seem perfectly adapted for domestic life and then one day, someone is hurt or killed with no warning. In my area, just a few years ago, a woman was attacked and had her scalp ripped off by her beloved black leopard. The cat was killed by a sheriff's deputy and she nearly died. Probably an escaped or (sadly) a released “pet”. It’s frightening to think of the number of people that think still that if they acquire a large exotic cat when it’s young that it will be a “big kitty cat” when it matures. More often than not, the big kitty will seem perfectly adapted for domestic life and then one day, someone is hurt or killed with no warning. In my area, just a few years ago, a woman was attacked and had her scalp ripped off by her beloved black leopard. The cat was killed by a sheriff’s deputy and she nearly died.

]]> By: jmac75115 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/belfast-lion/#comment-46965 jmac75115 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:57:45 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=4327#comment-46965 What is going on with these British Isle felids? Are these "big cat" sightings the offspring of the exotic cat fashion trend of the sixties? Could they be something else? It does seem that these sightings are on the rise, are we dealing with an increase in population size or a growing familiarity with human contact? Unfortunately, unless someone can either capture or bag one of these cats we'll never really know if they are a previously unknown native species (unlikely), or hybridized descendants of former pets(likely). What is going on with these British Isle felids? Are these “big cat” sightings the offspring of the exotic cat fashion trend of the sixties? Could they be something else? It does seem that these sightings are on the rise, are we dealing with an increase in population size or a growing familiarity with human contact? Unfortunately, unless someone can either capture or bag one of these cats we’ll never really know if they are a previously unknown native species (unlikely), or hybridized descendants of former pets(likely).

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