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Now at Big Cat Rescue Aug 10 2014

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Stop Bobcat Fur Farming

North Dakota fur farm moves to Montana

Posted: 09 Aug 2014 01:55 PM PDT

The Shultz wildcat farm relocates after oil drilling noise forces move.

One of the only known bobcat fur farms in the state has applied to relocate west, in central Montana.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park is taking comments on the 150-foot-by-140-foot animal facility, proposed by owner Larry Schultz, where bobcats would be housed in separate pens.

According to the permit application, the location of the farm (if approved) will be:

5700 Romunstad Rd

Roy, Montana 59471

The proposed fur farm is located SW of Roy, south of Highway 191.

A few notes on the fur farm, from the permit application:

  • The bobcat pens are 4 feet by 6 feet, with 2 foot by 4 foot nesting boxes, and kept 30 inches off the ground.
  • The cages are constructed of poly-coated 10-guage mesh wire.
  • The animal pens are 1/8 mile from the house.
  • There will be a separate barn that is used for weaning bobcat kitten.
  • A second barn will be used for food preparation and storage.
  • An 8 foot tall chain link fence covers the facility’s north and south sides.

This farm was reported by the state of North Dakota in 2010 to house lynx. No mention of lynx is made on the Montana permit application. Either the facts were misreported by North Dakota (bobcats are often confused for lynx), the farm has stopped breeding lynx, or this detail was omitted from the application.

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One of our supporters found these excerpts from a previous news story about Schultz:

“Breeding bobcats in captivity is still relatively new so it’s been mostly a trial-and error learning process,” says Schultz, who began raising bobcats for their fur 13 years ago but has found that low fur prices and a growing demand for pets make it more profitable to sell kittens. In the last five years he has sold over 120 kittens as pets, working through a Minnesota broker who handles pet sales.

Timing is important to turn a bobcat into a good pet. “You have to take the kittens away from their mothers at 18 days of age and bottle-feed them for the next five to six weeks until they can drink on their own,” says Schultz. “You wouldn’t think a couple days would make much difference, but if you wait until they’re over 20 days, it’s too late. Kittens open their eyes at 14 days. At 18 days, their eyes are still milky colored and they can’t see anything. At 20 days they can see, and it’s too late for them to become pets.
“If they’re raised right they’re no different than a housecat. They’re very easy to litterbox train.”

“Within two days I lost 60 kittens when the mothers aborted…”

Schultz purchased his first six bobcats from a fur farm in Wyoming. After that, he and a friend Jim Anderson trapped more bobcats in the Badlands.

Females produce a litter every year and about half the females whose kittens are removed will breed again and produce a second litter that year.

When the adult cats are too old to reproduce, Schultz sells them for taxidermy or fur. Cats in the wild reproduce for 10 to 12 years, but ones in captivity can reproduce for as long as 20 years, he says. Prices range from $300 to $1,500. Schultz sold one bobcat to the Seattle Seahawks professional football team for $1,400.

So, that’s who we’re dealing with. A guy who feels that farming exotic cats is “just a different type of farming” (actual quote), as if animals were nothing more than corn or wheat. He even refers to his kittens as his “crop”.  And just look at those tiny, wire-floored cages, which Schultz clearly designed with his own convenience, instead of the cat’s welfare, in mind. He even had the gall to take cats from the wild when he wanted fresh “breeders”. Fortunately, he won’t be able to do that anymore, because Montana bans capturing wild bobcats with the intent of keeping them.

It’s also important to note that, in Montana, people who want to breed bobcats for the pet trade need to apply for the same “fur farm” license as people who want to breed the animals for their pelts, so a “fur farm” could be either an actual fur farm or a pet breeder (or, as in this case, both). The current permit request only mentions the commercial fur industry as the “purpose” for the farm, but it’s still possible that a few kittens might make their way into the pet industry.

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17 responses to “Now at Big Cat Rescue Aug 10 2014”

  1. Geneva Mielke Julia says:
    August 10, 2014 at 3:19 pm

    Thank you so much for loving and helping these cats. I lost my Timmy orange tabby to urinary crystals. Me and my husband sobbed for a long time after losing him. We were sad we couldn't save him life he was so loved.

    Reply
  2. Cryss An John Oliver says:
    August 10, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    Where do I find the ingredients for this raw food for the kitties?

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  3. Denise Palmer says:
    August 10, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    Great Story!

    Reply
  4. Glenda Galahan says:
    August 10, 2014 at 5:29 pm

    what you are doing is wonderful and I will keep you and the cats in my prayers. You see I have always had cats, dogs, and other animals.

    Reply
  5. Lone Rider says:
    August 10, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    stop fur farming…it is wrong & YOU doing it knows it's wrong…stop using animals cause you are too lazy to get a real job!

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  6. Danith Ormsby-Jacques says:
    August 10, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    If the Fish and Wildlife Dept. Allow this farm to raise any type of cats they should be ashamed of themselves and they aren't doing their job!!

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  7. Wendy E. Wickert says:
    August 10, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    STOP FUR FARMING!!!! It is just wrong!!

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  8. Debbie Tomecko Dubord says:
    August 10, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    I say NO to fur farming……..its just plain wrong!! What is the matter with people ……go out and find a real job and leave these poor animals alone! You will be punished one day for torturing one of Gods creatures.

    Reply
  9. Stu Elman says:
    August 10, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    Message sent to MT Wildlife.

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  10. Robert Perri says:
    August 10, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    We should be ashamed of the people to do these terrible things to these beautiful animals. Also, the governor's of these states, and the representatives that keep their voice silent should be voted out of office. Our society should be above torturing a beautiful animal for their fur, especially when we can make faux fur that looks so much like the real. We need a ban on this and heavy fines levied on the businesses that continue make money off of this.

    Robert A. Perri

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  11. Robin Williams says:
    August 11, 2014 at 1:41 am

    Stop this horrible practice now.

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  12. Barb Schmidt says:
    August 11, 2014 at 2:06 am

    How is this different than a puppy mill? And this is legal? And the death is so cruel. How again is this legal or humane…again fur is not needed in todays world shame on humans who wear it and support this abuse

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  13. Jim Schmidt says:
    August 11, 2014 at 4:19 am

    Horrendous practice and destruction of our heritage needs to STOP now! This is something that belongs to our children and should NOT be used by anyone to fur farm. We need these beautiful animals as heritage to our children. Stop destroying our environment.

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  14. Therese Poulin says:
    August 11, 2014 at 11:53 am

    This is totally wrong to do this for the fur!!! It's just a crime to killthese animals!!!!

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  15. Janice Smith says:
    August 12, 2014 at 2:49 am

    I SAY HELL NO!!! LEAVE THEM ALONS & LET THEM RAISE THEIR BABIES I SAY HELL NI TO FUR/FARMING..THEY ARE BEAUTUFUL CREATURES HAS GOD HAS CREATED AS SUCH…A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE…LET GOD DO AS HE WANTS THEM TO BE!!! NO TO FUR FARMS!!!!!!!!

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  16. Susan Lines says:
    August 12, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    People who buy fur are vain, uneducated and/or uninformed. If we stop "producing" fur, eventually the demand will lessen. We also need new rules on trapping for fur. But until we get it through to these idiots who think they need a fur coat, or stole, or boots, it's a vicious circle.

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  17. Stefanie Boller de Alfonzo says:
    September 1, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    Cryss An John Oliver hello, you can go to http://www.catinfo.org It´s where I got it. Take care!

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