[Jamestown1630]

After fluffy’s posts, I wonder if this was bred in the US or taken from the wild. It seems to me that if it was a ‘legal’ animal and simply escaped, the owner would want it back and speak up. If wild and become unmanageable, they may have just released it.

[fluffy]

Taking one from the Africa is not only too expensive it doesn’t really make any sense. Why grab a wild cat and transport it back here when you can spend a few grand and get a hand-raised cat with parents of known temperament?

I suspect that Caracals are illegal to keep as pets in Chicago as they are in some areas of the US and that’s why the owner hasn’t appeared.

[Zhang Fei]

[After fluffy’s posts, I wonder if this was bred in the US or taken from the wild. It seems to me that if it was a ‘legal’ animal and simply escaped, the owner would want it back and speak up. If wild and become unmanageable, they may have just released it.]

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The issue with breeders is corner-cutting. It would be unsurprising if aggressive variants were retained because getting new specimens is expensive, maybe illegal, with no guarantee as to temperament. Unless state-funded like the Russian effort, it’s questionable whether a private breeder has the tens of millions needed to create a completely domesticated breed. Bottom line is getting a wild animal for a pet, especially a predator, because they are hardwired for aggression, is a real crapshoot. For resource reasons, the breeders aren’t doing much, if anything, to make them less troublesome.