I am grateful to still have my father.  

Today, as I rode in on my bike, I saw him out on his cart and stopped to talk with him.  I don’t do that nearly enough.  He’s been sick and can barely speak.  He looks tired and it breaks my heart.  He worries about all of the work that is always stacked up, so I took the Kitten Cabana roof repair off his list.  I’ve never seen it leak and told him the next time someone says it’s leaking then he should have them prove it to him before he puts it back on the list.

 

I am grateful for flea prevention.  I remember the early days and fleas were enemy #1.  We used flea collars, that Little Feather would go around removing for all of the bobcats, servals, lynx, domestic cats and cougars who lived with her.  I never saw how she managed it, as the group would all disperse when I’d approach, but from a distance I’d see them line up to have the collars removed by the expert queen of the cat yard.

 

We used to dust the ground with Sven Dust, and some flea larvae eating microbes and Boric acid in the buildings and still we would have to flea comb the cats, wash them and never really got a handle on it.  When Advantage first came out, I thought it was magic, but I also feared that putting such strong chemicals on the cats would surely kill them.  Turns out that the chemicals (including Revolution, Program and others) weren’t as bad for them as the fleas were and they have lived exceptionally long lives.  27 of our cats are currently over the age of 20.

 

I am thankful for USA Fence.  I’ve been trying for months to get a chain link fence company to just give me a quote on the new bobcat rehab area and finally they have called back and said they would spec it out.  The chainlink has to be 1 inch or smaller mesh so the rats can’t escape when we feed the bobcats live prey.  It will be one of our most costly endeavors, but as the big cat rescue industry declines (thankfully, due to better laws) we will be shifting focus to more bobcat rescue, rehab and release.

 

I contacted the primary list of rehabbers yesterday via email.  They haven’t updated their site since 2012 and we’ve been asking to be included for decades.  I have offered to partner with them, or buy the site, and if I don’t hear from them, I’ll start one from scratch.  It’s very hard to find a local rehabber and information about what do do if you see a bobcat or cougar.  I will probably revamp the BobcatRehab.com site to make it more search friendly.

 

Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

 

I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.  

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk