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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2003What becomes of Monticore?
An amusing and light-hearted, yet completely serious article. Worth a read. http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0342/031015_arts_smallworld.php Excerpt: Let's try to see this from the tiger's point of view. Imagine, if you will, being born a rare beast in a town that cares more about sustaining the career of Sheena Easton than it does animal conservation. Imagine having the instinct to run wild on some foreign continent with other exotic creatures, but instead being forced to live like an entertaining house cat in a Nevada desert with two plasticine Germans. Imagine being a 600-pound genetic freak, wondering why you can't roam free when there's a guy just down the Strip who's making a living impersonating Joan Rivers and nobody tries to keep him indoors. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Jesus saves, Allah protects, and Cthulhu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- >An amusing and light-hearted, yet completely serious article. >Worth a read. A couple of things: The tiger's name is Mon Coeur (My Heart), not Monticore, Montecourt, or any of the other manglings the media has put out. Mon Coeur is not going to be killed, placed, sold, or disposed of. Once the mandatory rabies quaratine is over, he will continue to be taken care of by Siegfried and Roy and their staff of dedicated keepers. Mon Coeur did not attack Roy. If Mon Coeur had wanted to kill Roy, Roy would be dead. Roy was grabbed in a scruff-of-the-neck hold, dragged backstage, and released by the cat, who then went of his own volition into his holding crate. If it had been an attack, Roy would have been grabbed by the front of the neck and Mon Coeur would have bitten down with all the force those massive jaws are capable of. Instead, he was put into a classic 'carry' hold, and Mon Coeur was tiger-cub gentle with him. It's a damn shame we humans are so fragile. Mon Coeur and the other tigers are bottle-fed by S&R every night. This is done to tighten the human-feline bond, and encourages the cats to think of S&R as parental figures. How do I know? I know one of those dedicated keepers, who was trained at Cat Tales in Washington. She was there, she knows what happened, and she knows the cat. Orchid >>An amusing and light-hearted, yet completely serious article. >>Worth a read. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >Orchid In this case the bond was a little too tight. I hope he recovers. MLB > A couple of things: > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >trained at Cat Tales in Washington. She was there, she knows what >happened, and she knows the cat. Furthermore, the local (Las Vegas) news has reported that the tiger is now back with the other tigers in the White Tiger sanctuary. I can see no reason he would not remain there. << How do I know? I know one of those dedicated keepers, who was trained at Cat Tales in Washington. She was there, she knows what happened, and she knows the cat. Orchid >> That's very interesting; I'm glad the tiger will be okay. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) ><< How do I know? I know one of those dedicated keepers, who was >trained at Cat Tales in Washington. She was there, she knows what [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >That's very interesting; I'm glad the tiger will be okay. Me too, and I am praying for Roy's recovery. He really is a good guy who loves his cats. They are his life, and I hope that he recovers enough that he will be able to work with them again. Orchid > >An amusing and light-hearted, yet completely serious article. > >Worth a read. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The tiger's name is Mon Coeur (My Heart), not Monticore, > Montecourt, or any of the other manglings the media has put out. I read that online shortly after it happened. I still haven't seen any press get it right. > Mon Coeur is not going to be killed, placed, sold, or disposed > of. Once the mandatory rabies quaratine is over, he will continue to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > dragged backstage, and released by the cat, who then went of his own > volition into his holding crate. The media reported that they had to spray the cat with fire extinguishers to get it to release Roy. Was this an erroneous report? -L. >The media reported that they had to spray the cat with fire >extinguishers to get it to release Roy. Was this an erroneous report? The version I read that was attributed to Seigfried said that the tiger tried to bring Roy into his cage. The noise of the fire extinguisher distracted him, so he released Roy and then went to sit in his cage as he was trained to do. This version made it sound as though the cat was not actually sprayed. >> Mon Coeur did not attack Roy. If Mon Coeur had wanted to kill >> Roy, Roy would be dead. Roy was grabbed in a scruff-of-the-neck hold, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >The media reported that they had to spray the cat with fire >extinguishers to get it to release Roy. Was this an erroneous report? It was. Mon Coeur dropped Roy, and a freaked-out stagehand sprayed him with it *after* Roy was dropped and Mon Coeur was on his way to his crate. Orchid > >The media reported that they had to spray the cat with fire > >extinguishers to get it to release Roy. Was this an erroneous report? > > It was. Mon Coeur dropped Roy, and a freaked-out stagehand > sprayed him with it *after* Roy was dropped and Mon Coeur was on his > way to his crate. That sure puts a whole 'nother light on it, at least for me. I had read that first version that made it sound like they had to spray him to get him to release. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Jesus saves, Allah protects, and Cthulhu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- |
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