It's a shame that there are so many so-called rescues out there and breeders who could care less about the animals. So many are in it for the money and the attention they can bring to themselves.        True Conservation?

True stories about unethical greedy breeders, from the people it happened to

From this sweet little thing         to          this big  girl                 or to         get out of my face 

This page is dedicated to all you greedy S-o-B's out there who forgot about the animals, and replaced them with a $ dollar sign. Shame on you for forgetting them, they are alive, they breath and feel pain and fear. They should have learned to fear you, the breeder.

                                                     GREEDY BREEDING

A good breeder should ask questions of the potential buyers and find out if they are legal in their state or county and if they have any knowledge of what they are getting into before they sell the cat. But some only care about the sale and the dollar signs, not about the animals. I have seen what once were responsible breeders caring about their cats, take a complete turn around and now are in it for what these cats can do for them. Their standards are no longer about what I can do for the animals, it is about money, greed, and putting them self in the spotlight, and what is this animal going to do for ME.

People like this run around patting themselves on the back trying to convince others of what great people they are, but behind closed doors they plot and try to do whatever they can to bring more money into their hands. No longer caring or remembering why they chose to be a breeder and to sell the precious souls to bring joy into the lives of others. No, it is no longer about that, it doesn't matter how many die at their own hands, other than you just lost a possible sale. It doesn't matter how many babies are sick and die from disease before they immune system develops enough to fight it off. No, none of these things matter anymore, their death is a loss of money, more income. Oh yeah and let's not forget the complaining about the vet cost or drug cost to try and reverse a preventable situation, by keeping things clean and sterile, but that would take an effort. When your mass producing who has time to keep things clean and sterile, use drugs, it's faster, and if they die, oh well there will be another litter behind it soon.

Does any of this sound familiar to anyone, if you are a breeder and are reading this and getting angry, then you must be guilty of some of the things mentioned above. I for one get angry when I see and hear of places like this, unethical people who have lost their values and now measure all they do by the almighty dollar. Once a long time ago they may have had a sterling reputation, but remember sterling does tarnish when it is not kept clean !!!!

There are good reputable breeders out there and if you are one of them then your reputation should go unchallenged. But if you are one of the unethical breeders, remember all things will come back on you in time. I believe the universe will take care of your wrong doings and you will pay for it in time.

                                                        BUYER BEWARE!!

To any potential buyers, beware, ask questions, ask others, research do your home work thoroughly before you buy. If you don't you may end up with what you thought was a healthy kitten, only to find it is suffering from a disease that may end up costing you big time vet bills or worse end up with your new baby dying, because the breeder only cared about making the sale.

First you should seek out other people who have whatever kind of cat you are looking for (the internet is a good place to start), and get recommendations as to a good breeder through word of mouth, from other people who have had direct experiences with a breeder. Look at photos of their animal, ask about it's temperament and personality, and if it was well socialized with people when they received it. Ask if they felt they got a healthy animal from the breeder, did they receive adequate or proper diet, nutrition, and care advice from the breeder (or did they have to seek help elsewhere for this basic needs?), did they feel the breeder was honest and forthcoming about the kitten and what to expect, has the breeder been willing to help with any problems or difficulties the owner has encountered over the lifetime of the cat?  Look for a breeder that does not breed their cats heavily, with litters back to back to back, but allows the mother time to recuperate her health between litters, etc.

Below is an example of mass production and a great way to spread disease from one kitten to the other there are roughly 12 to 14 kittens of all ages jammed together here. Not a very good idea for controlling any possible illness one might have. This is a very good way to infect all the others who may have been healthy. Sure their cute, but are they going to be and remain healthy, or soon come down with some preventable illness right after you get them home. Beware of a breeder that will lump all the kittens from different litters together like this. You may be in for a lot of problems from disease that shows up after you bring the baby home. A good breeder will keep kittens separated, especially if there have been any problems with illness in the past. Separate clean cages for each litter is a much better way to prevent any infection being transmitted to other kittens. First sign of problems a breeder should immediately separate the sick baby from any others to try and prevent any illness from spreading to the other babies.

                                     Unethical Rescue-Sanctuaries

Are You tired of the self-promoting, no one should have these animals except us the big Sanctuaries and Rescue. The people who would take away your rights to pursue happiness? They are the  only place in this country that should be allowed to have these cats. Ask them they tell you. Give me a break would you.  Example places like Big Cats Rescue in FL.read more

The little guy sits quiet and funds their operation pretty much all out off their own paycheck, why because they truly care about the animal. They are not the glory hounds who are out there getting the mega bucks to fund their operation. Big time sanctuaries with all the money backing them are now trying to shut down the honest caring small rescues. The small sanctuaries do not get the big bucks, do not get the media coverage, do not get the volunteers to help, do not get the big companies and money people behind them. The little guys don't go around yelling to the high heavens what great people they are, trying to draw attention to themselves all the time. No, the little guy gets to sweat his backside off to give to these creatures what they deserve, a clean, happy and healthy environment, with fresh food and water every day, and attention and love, given freely by the small rescues because they do care, and are not in it for fame and fortune.

They are in it because they love these creatures and care what happens to them, and are not making money off them. They could care less if they are on some BOD or working for some big corporations making a half million a year or more. Sure that kind of money might be nice, but are you, the little guys willing to sell your souls and the souls of your animals that you care for to gain money and lose your perspective as to why you are doing what you chose to do.

The small rescues and their owners get this privilege, the affection of the animals they care for, to watch them happy an playing. The honor of cleaning up the poop by themself, not some hired hand, the privilege of being their every day at feeding time as the  cats come to greet you, wooing and purring, and the highest honor of all is their marking you as their own. Things that are missed by the overcrowded big time rescues, the one on one contact with the animals you care for every day. The warm feeling you get when they come to greet you, these things can not be replaced by money.

                                                        Phoney rescues

Now lets look at the  phoney rescues out there, the ones that have made big money selling kittens for years. One litter after another and another, not giving the mom time to recover inbetween litters. After all the faster she can produce for you the more money your going to make off her and all the other females that you keep producing litter after litter with. The female is now growing old and unable to keep up with the demands that have been put on her. So now what, well what the hell open your own non-profit now and beg people for money so you can care for the cats that have made a living for you all these years. Why not, you ran them into the ground now ask the public to foot the bill to care for them.

Are you people for real, these poor creatures have spent there lives supporting YOU the BREEDER and now you have the gall to ask for donations and you call yourself a non-profit.

This is so wrong, and those of you out there doing this should go crawl in a hole and hide. You took on the responsibility of these animals as your breeding stock and with that comes caring for them when they are retired from breeding. After all how long can they live after every ounce of their being has been used to reproduce to line your pockets. This is totally unethical and irresponsible. Those of you that are guilty of this are greedy, heartless and uncaring. You and you alone are responsible for the care of the animals that gave everything for you, not the public, how dare you beg for donations to care for what you created. How dare you go out into cyberspace and take money from the real hero, the little guys out there who are real rescues, taking in the animals that you the breeders have flooded the markets with, their not phonies, retiring some of their own breeding stock. They rescue for real and take in the up rooted and unwanted. They are not you the big time breeder exploiting all your cats for the almighty dollar and then asking others to foot the bill to care for what you created.

I for one know of places like this and they have the gall to walk around like the big shots telling the rest of you out there how to care for your animals and what great people they are for doing this. They drag their knuckles on the ground like an orangutan their arms have stretched that far from patting themselves on their own back for being such wonderful human beings, their egos are so self inflated they think they are gods and better than every one else out there. Lie, cheat, con, backstab, this is all part of their nature to get where they want, stomp on people use them and toss them once they are done, and don't care who they hurt in the process as long as they get what they want.

There are many good legitimate small rescues out there, with people who really care about the animals. These people are the real heroes, they care for the animals and work their back sides off and their reward comes everyday when they are greeted by the animals they love and care for. If you are wanting to help a real rescue do some research first find one who does NOT BREED and sell animals find a place where they rescue for real. Search the internet and find a place that is near you to help or one you fell you would like to help, then check them out and make sure they are worthy of the help, that they are real and caring and not some phoney rescue with a scam. Then go help them and feel good about what you have done.

Where does True Conservation begin?

True conservation begins in the wild not at some breeding facility. Man must start by preserving what is here on this earth for those who call it their home.

Everyone else is deluding themselves that breeding in captivity is actually going to make a difference to the long term survival of the species.  You can't call captive breeding a conservation effort when you are selling exotic cats as pets that end up neutered or in sanctuaries, and when you are not carefully managing and selecting bloodlines in your breeding program.  I am sure that most breeders of exotic cats in the US cannot tell you much about their breeding cats bloodlines, other than back one generation, if that even. If you cannot tell how far removed from the wild your breeding stock is, what subspecies it is, what other cats it is directly related to, then what good is it to truly conserving the species?  We have to get real. 

To top off the lack of background genetic knowledge of our captive breeding population, there is no where for these cats ever to go back into the wild, because the habitat is being destroyed faster than the wildlife. Even the zoos are full of it when they say they are "preserving bloodlines" for future release into the wild. It is not going to happen because the habitat is disappearing so fast and the human population is increasing even faster.

Before one selects  breeding cats, you need to thoroughly research their bloodlines back for at least 6 generations to ensure that you will be improving the breed, rather than diluting it. And that is exactly what most wildcat breeders are doing--they are diluting the qualities of the species they indiscriminately breed.  Can you tell  why so many servals have this nervous condition  hyperthesia syndrome.. Indiscriminate breeding. Bad bloodlines. Inbreeding. Because no one researches their breeding cat's bloodlines. And they breed cats with faults or undesirable traits. Breeding everything you have, as hard as you can, is NOT preserving a species or conservation by a long shot.

You cannot focus on one aspect of preserving something. We can try to save just the cats, but if we do not save their prey species also, what good is it?  What good is it if neither have a place to live?  How do you save the habitat? First you have to go to the humans that live in the habitat and get them to cooperate with your conservation goals. How do you get them to cooperate?  You provide the benefits they feel they would get if they logged their land or otherwise destroyed the habitat, in exchange for them protect the land instead.  So many things go hand in hand, intertwined to each other--the circle of life, so to speak. Maybe providing a school teacher to a jungle village doesn't seem very closely related to "conservation", but it in fact has everything to do with conservation.  These are things that many people cannot even begin to grasp the concept.

 So in the long run True Conservation, must begin where it exists, in the wild, while there is still a chance of preserving what is left on this earth. If we do not make efforts to preserving the animals and their natural habitats we will have nothing left but a barren empty planet void of all wild life except for what is kept and inbred at zoos.  Something to leave for your children and theirs, a planet void of nature, and all that should be living there, now on it's way to being a memory, unless we act now and STOP IT!!! 

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