Pattaya: Farang slammed for keeping "dangerous" leopard as a pet

[Leatherneck]

Definitely don't like that the guy's keeping a leopard...but don't think it's much more dangerous than alot of dogs that Thais keep as so-called "pets".

[Chongalulu]

5 hours ago, Vacuum said:

That job is reserved for Thai soi dogs.

Leopards find dogs as tasty morsels 

[observer90210]

Thai roads are far more dangerous...

[ttrd]

1 minute ago, Leatherneck said:

Definitely don't like that the guy's keeping a leopard...but don't think it's much more dangerous than alot of dogs that Thais keep as so-called "pets".

RE - but don't think it's much more dangerous than alot of dogs that Thais keep as so-called "pets

 

* We can agree on that both spices bites, but only one takes it further to what we know as eating - and that difference is what you think is not dangerous - well, you will just find it out once ... 

[Chongalulu]

9 minutes ago, hyku1147 said:

I am pals with a ginger tomcat. He meows a greeting, and loves it when I pick him up and scratch him under his chin. One day I watched him stalk and kill a rat. He had turned into a focused killer. If this behavior exists in house cats, then it must exist in leopards. Begging the question - what could trigger it?

Anything could trigger it,it’s instinctive. Although not the biggest of the cats, leopards are regarded as the most dangerous with the best pound for pound strength value . They are lightning quick and it would be like having a fight with a chainsaw. A 30 kilogram leopard would make short work of a human.

[30la]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He told Thaivisa: "I am baffled that they are allowed to keep these two leopards given the fact that they did not register the last 2 properly in Chonburi, moved one from Chiang Mai without any permission and that they keep this one in an insecure environment".

It is truly incredible, free this poor animal and send the two individuals to an asylum.

[Grusa]

4 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Is it the same leopard ...

 

Yes it is. Once I have finished reading all this, I will post what happened yesterday

[friend of siam]

is ok its only a cat...dont panic or <deleted> in ur pants..and if he eats ur neighbour for snack ..dont worry he only wanted to play...

[2long]

4 hours ago, animalmagic said:

It was bad enough seeing this one at the local vet.  I don't fancy bumping into a full grown leopard; unless it's a vegan!

Funny looking leopard! ????

[Grusa]

5 hours ago, champers said:

Well spotted by the police.

It wasn't them what spotted it, Guv. It were the neebors.

[2long]

I totally agree with those who criticize the farang and his TGF, and yes most people who 'own' rare species as pets do it for all the wrong reasons. BUT.... if this animal was bred in captivity it can't be released into the wild, and the state of most zoos in Thailand are no home for such a gorgeous creature.

I'm all for limited regulated acceptance... but if nature takes its course one day on the future, do NOT blame the cat!

[Benmart]

Domesticated dogs maime and kill more people than this species I believe, yet the masses tolerate the packs of dogs that run wild hereabouts. While I don't prefer or condone having an exotic animals as a pet, the emotion expressed here may be somewhat misdirected. A sensational photo and/or story is bound to bring a rabid, verbal froth from certain quarters.

[animalmagic]

12 minutes ago, 2long said:

Funny looking leopard! ????

I think he may have changed his spots!

[IslandLover]

"She showed documentation to show that the couple had legally bought 3 leopards who had all died. They had two offspring, Thaiphoon and a female called Fah Sai who was sick and in Chiang Mai."

 

I think this tells you all you need to know about this whole affair .  You CANNOT keep a leopard as a pet!  They need specialist care when in captivity.  Besides, they are dangerous and unpredictable (just ask the residents of Mumbai).  I speak as a lifelong lover of all cats, big and little.

 

[IslandLover]

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Is this the same leopard as reported last week by a TV poster or a new cat in town????

Apparently, yes.

[Krataiboy]

4 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

Not quite ... but that story will be along shortly

Actually, it won't. Like a lot of other media fables about global warming/climate change, it has been thoroughly debunked and discredited.

[IslandLover]

55 minutes ago, 2long said:

I totally agree with those who criticize the farang and his TGF, and yes most people who 'own' rare species as pets do it for all the wrong reasons. BUT.... if this animal was bred in captivity it can't be released into the wild, and the state of most zoos in Thailand are no home for such a gorgeous creature.

I'm all for limited regulated acceptance... but if nature takes its course one day on the future, do NOT blame the cat!

If the authorities take the leopard off this couple, I don't fancy its chances elsewhere .

[Jonah Tenner]

5 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Thought all the bears had been wiped out by global warming.

The guy who was eaten was on Kodiak Island living with Kodiak bears, an extra large variety of brown bear.
The polar bears were supposed to be wiped out by global warming when a count found that there were only five thousand of them left some years ago, but the latest estimate is that there are now 25,000 polar bears left...

[Thomas J]

Why don't they just get a nice snake for a pet like any responsible Thai. 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

At least the leopard is alive.

I wonder if that same activist is also shocked and baffled that a rich Thai leopard eater convicted by a Thai court beginning of the year is not serving his prison sentence but mingling with the highest government officials at one of his construction projects instead...

Probably not.

Well said... 

[lemonjelly]

After watching Life on Earth etc, film sequences of leopards hauling fully grown antelope up trees, one has to ask where and how is it legal to buy these beasts?


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[Bundooman]

8 hours ago, worgeordie said:

It seems they really know how to look after them....NOT

regards Worgeordie

Yep. his fenced off area sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. He doesn't seem to realise that this animal, beautiful it may be - can probably get out.

The <deleted> will really hit the fan if it mauls or kills a Thai person - or worse still, a child.

I wouldn't like to be in his shoes - total tosser!

[mok199]

And then we have the people who put their dogs in baby strollers...and take them out to the mall....dead by 7 from obesity and lack of exercise...FIN

[kohmakmaxx]

Some people have cobras at home also a nature and sure very dangerous animal what about them? When he take care of a secure environment why not have a leopard. 

[brianthainess]

4 hours ago, Grusa said:

Well spotted by the police.

 

4 hours ago, Grusa said:

It wasn't them what spotted it, Guv. It were the neebors.

I think it was spotted well before any of them,unless they changed them..ta da.

[Sydebolle]

Out of curiosity - where does one buy three leopards LEGALLY in Thailand? 

I mean, I can get quite a range of goods at 7/11 .... but a leopard! 

In addition, even with all the additions to a rented house - I wonder where the leopard is doing his or her daily runs; up and down the Soi chasing the doggies? 

[Stargeezr]

Yes, I expect to see another story where Mario is headed for jail after

one of his pets snaps and chews on someone in the house, yard, or neighbourhood.

  We will see how the police handle that situation..

Geezer

[Damrongsak]

18 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

Kind of like the guy who thought he could go to Alaska and live with the bears as one if them.  They eat the dumb a$$. 

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, hyku1147 said:

I am pals with a ginger tomcat. He meows a greeting, and loves it when I pick him up and scratch him under his chin. One day I watched him stalk and kill a rat. He had turned into a focused killer. If this behavior exists in house cats, then it must exist in leopards. Begging the question - what could trigger it?

Perhaps a ginger tomcat?

[Damrongsak]

23 minutes ago, hyku1147 said:

Good one!????

I love Larson's cartoons.  He has a warped sense of humor like me.  Unlike me, he has talent.  And he seems to have a cartoon for every occasion. 555