The boring thread.....

[JBR]

You'll find out later if you were wrong   

Thanks.
I had a small amount in my coffee this morning and so far no 'eruptions'.
Anyway, Ocado is coming at 5.30 this afternoon and bringing some milk... hopefully.

[Mups]

RAVEN,  is this anywhere you?    2 Wild Cats captured.


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/two-lynx-captured-in-scottish-highlands-after-suspected-illegal-release/ar-BB1r9wxr?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=5d8e96b4113e4ec7d163ac85747f96bc&ei=5




January 09, 2025, 03:18:24 PM
Very cold this early this morning,    minus 5° , and with a forecast of even colder tonight!

It took ages to defrost my car to drive over to my Chiropractor this morning.
Even though I sprayed the door seals with silicone stuff,  they were still frozen solid and wouldn't open.   I daren't yank at them incase I pulled the rubber seals off. 

Glad I don't do night work! 

[Raven]

No Mups not really, it's around 120 miles south of here. We're just a wee bit along the coast from Thurso and the Cairngorms are just south of Inverness.

[Raven]

2 More Lynx Cats have been seen in the same area, 

BBC News - Two more lynx spotted on loose in the Highlands
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6pxdxe4j9o

[Mups]

2 More Lynx Cats have been seen in the same area, 

BBC News - Two more lynx spotted on loose in the Highlands
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6pxdxe4j9o

Wonder where they are suddenly coming from?
Here's something else to think about too.     

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-number-of-big-cats-on-the-loose-in-the-british-countryside-now-more-than-100/ar-BB1rc7PU?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=85f1b63a0cea4d0d9d42224d51f099ae&ei=16

[Mups]

Strewth,  minus 5 here first thing.  

[Scrumpy]

Waiting for the heavy frost to clear before i step out the door and pop to the shops..

[klondike]

I need to go to the supermarket sometime but it can wait a few days until I hopefully won't need to be defrosting the car. I hate that job - reminds me of when I went to work.

[Raven]

Wonder where they are suddenly coming from?
Here's something else to think about too.     

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-number-of-big-cats-on-the-loose-in-the-british-countryside-now-more-than-100/ar-BB1rc7PU?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=85f1b63a0cea4d0d9d42224d51f099ae&ei=16

I suppose they were bought illegally as exotic pets for some idiot with too much money. Then they either got too big or too hard to handle, so they were dumped. I hope the police find them out and throw the book at them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2pgjj00ro

[Mups]

I suppose they were bought illegally as exotic pets for some idiot with too much money. Then they either got too big or too hard to handle, so they were dumped. I hope the police find them out and throw the book at them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2pgjj00ro

Yes, I think more of that goes on that we know about. 
Just more status symbols for the wealthy.

[Scrumpy]

Poor creatures.. They need protecting.. So many nutters out there..

[Raven]

From what I have heard, the first two are on their way to Edinburgh Zoo for a few months in quarantine, then they may come up to The Highland Wildlife Park to live. The same may happen to the two new ones.
But I don't know for sure, only surmising.

[Mups]

From what I have heard, the first two are on their way to Edinburgh Zoo for a few months in quarantine, then they may come up to The Highland Wildlife Park to live. The same may happen to the two new ones.
But I don't know for sure, only surmising.

On the news today it said they were not afraid of humans,  and walked into the cages happily.

This surely indicates that they would definitely have been kept by humans for some time.  I very much doubt true wild cats would have been so docile, so looks like Raven's guess about having been pets would be true.

I wonder if they escaped,  or thrown out when no longer wanted?

[Raven]

Good News the 2nd pair have now been caught. I hope there's not anymore waiting to be dumped.

BBC News - Second pair of lynx captured in Cairngorms
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7jpzr252o

[Mups]

Good.  I am glad about that, Raven.