Show 1 b t t l t Air Sr r rI I t r A r i n 1 f r A a u t i S 4 I IN Ir j jf iaL f r t N I 1 4 f r y r r s sK K t ft r I s fI J v tc u t. t Pet Bob Cat Slated For Animal Kingdom Garth Shaw plays with his little pussycat fanged and Prince makes a good which Is really a tame playful bob cat De- De pet for now A purring pussycat that i its as ts as though it never gets rough petting and rolls over overa a 1 Its back to encourage more ay soon be scheduled to beme be- be me a me member or of Animal Ani mal King King- Jm m Inc In California are underway at the time GARTH E. E SHAW Bountiful ho has owned the bobcat for pro one year says he forced to part with his pet have to give him up because e responsibility of owning a I is too much when you 11 live ve I in the city Someone with a weak heart may pass through the yard and be frightened by him small children might tease him and wind up getting hurt HE AlSO stated that loose dogs running through the yards in the neighborhood too often harass the cat and might eventually even even- kill him Prince is kept chained In the yard and could not run away Mr Shaw said that after he had had Prince about two weeks he was clawed in its eagerness to grab something to eat from his hand For safety's sake he had the bobcat de clawed and his fangs This leaves Prince defenseless When dogs harass him the only thing he can do dois dois is jump up out of their way m. m SHAW who is s one or of four animal control officers In Davis County was summoned one day to pick up a bobcat that dogs had chased up on someone's lawn Because he could not keep the cat in the dog pens at the animal shelter he brought him home thinking he must be someone's someone's some some- ones one's pet He waited two weeks for someone to claim him In that time he grew to love I Ithe the animal He says he had always always al- al ways wanted a bobcat and in that period of time he found that he was successfully taming hi him m. m He named the bobcat Princess and kept It ABOUT SIX months later he discovered as the animal matured matured ma- ma that he should have named it Prince This is determined determined deter deter- mined that the cat is about 2 11 years old He says male bobcats become Toms at approximately one year I PrInce comes when called begins purring the moment an any I attention Is given him He generally generally gen gen- acts like any domestic cat and is perhaps more friendly friend friend- ly and affectionate than domes domes- nn n tic cats which are commonly allowed to run loose 1 j jIT IT KEE KEEPS PS me broke to feed him Garth said He eats two cans of dog food a day and all the scraps I am given by meat markets He sa says that he feeds eds the llie animal jack rabbits and squirrels squirrels whenever he is able to shoot them Prince will eat an entire Jack rabbit at one sitting leavIng leaving leav- leav Ing only the feet ears and sometimes sometimes some some- times the Up tip or of the taU tail THE CAT will eat two squirrels squirrels at one sitting leaving only the front teeth the nose and the tail When he eats canned dog food I he behaves as all cats do eats a little e plays a while returns to eat a little more PRINCE WILL not eat fresh fish although hell he'll eat fish flavored cat food Garth believes believes be- be the cat does not naturally I like fish because they are not i normally found In a bobcats bobcat's natural habitat of mountain peaks or deserts Prince enjoys playing in water water wa- wa ter or having water from a hose qui squirted at him He likes to leap up on peoples people's backs in play He likes to be mauled in fun But when he is bored he moves away and then Garth says if you know what's good I for you you leave him alone I FULLY TAMED cats are rare because of oC the time and patience patience pa- pa I tience It takes to tame them he says but he knows or of four others I In this general area Two of them are owned by a businessman business business- I man in Weber Canyon i If IC Prince is accepted by Animal Animal Ani- Ani mal Kingdom Inc he will be used In movies featuring wildlife wild wild- life lICe sequences HE CAN NEVER be returned to his natural habitat because of being and having his teeth rued filed lk |