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Breed fraud or backyard breeder?

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The Greebling - 07 May 2005 16:59 GMT
How about this for a breed fraud or backyard breeder:
http://www.americanmysterycat.com/

If you look at the gallery, some of the "foundation" photos are very
obviously leopards/leopard cubs with cats' eyes drawn onto them.  It's not
even a subtle hoax.  The supposed breed cats are just large black domestic
cats.  Duping the public or what?!
Kalyahna - 08 May 2005 02:32 GMT
> How about this for a breed fraud or backyard breeder:
> http://www.americanmysterycat.com/
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> even a subtle hoax.  The supposed breed cats are just large black domestic
> cats.  Duping the public or what?!

Holy crap, some of those "photos" are SO obviously photoshopped!! The sad
thing is that someone out there will be stupid enough to fall for it.
moggycat@aol.com - 08 May 2005 12:22 GMT
> > How about this for a breed fraud or backyard breeder:
> > http://www.americanmysterycat.com/
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> Holy crap, some of those "photos" are SO obviously photoshopped!! The sad
> thing is that someone out there will be stupid enough to fall for it.

On a previous version of his page he had a photo called "A TRUE Mystery
Cat photographed in the wild" but this was recognized as a melanistic
Geoffroy Cat named "Nico" from the Big Cat Rescue Website
at http://www.bigcatrescue.org/geoffroy_cat_photos.htm . In other words
a total lie and no mystery at all!   After being contacted about those
images, it seems that many of the photos on his site got removed and
replaced by doctored ones.

None of his story adds up either. All the initial cats either died or
vanished.  How convenient if someone challenges the story.  But the 3
original females all left behind 8 week old kittens.  All at the same
time.  And if all the cats come from those kittens, the inbreeding is
at a dangerous level, because they are all closely related.

It's a backyard breeder trying to make money out of large black cats
and inventing a story as a marketing gimmick.
Knucklehead - 08 May 2005 17:23 GMT
Knucklehead - 08 May 2005 17:12 GMT
This is really stupid.In the first place--what is this business that they
WERE called panthers, cougars and pumas back in the 1700-1800?What the
devil do you think they are called today?Secondly-a panther is not a
cougar.A cougar and moutain lion are one of the same.Puma is the
Indian/Mexican word for cougar/mountain lion.They are tan colored.
Panthers are black. This whole thing smells rotten,IT IS B.S.   DEW
 
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