Fine, you've convinced me not to get a caracal so I'm gonna get a Jaguar instead.

Reasons to not have a caracal as a pet: They're not pets, the end

#8 Because it’s selfish to bring a wild animal to your tiny home outside of their natural habitat .

1 It will destroy everything 2 It's a wild animal 3 It will destroy everything 4 It will destroy everything 5 It's a wild animal 6 It's a wild animal 7 If you're a normal person, get a normal cat

This video is made for pumba owner, the most famous caracal

Pumba alone is enough not to welcome this cat in your home.😂

Speaking of Caracals, what's the deal with that one named Pumba who seems to be all over the place? I don't care what anyone says, that cat is CLEARLY under stress CONSTANTLY. I know people say that hissing for Caracals isn't the same for other cats since they have a limited inventory of vocalizations to use for communication, and while that may be true, literally all info I could find confirms that hissing still always indicates negative emotions, even if it doesn't always indicate high aggression as with other cats. It makes me uncomfortable cuz like, wtf are they doing to that cat that's it's so distressed all the time?? and why does everyone act like its just normal??

If you like larger cats, get a Maine Coon - they are super sweet and friendly, and can grow up to 22+ pounds. Caracals for the most part don't make a good house pet. I would be uncomfortable sleeping with one.

Caracals are very, VERY defensive and twitchy, and they hate being approached. They are powerful predators, but they are not apex predators, meaning they are always on the defensive in the wild to protect themselves from even larger predators. They're not a pet you can, well, pet. They are also large enough to cause grievous harm to humans. They aren't even tame, much less domesticated. Might as well bring a cougar into your house.

Just learned about this cat from seeing videos of them being kept as pets. The first reason not to get one makes sense when I see how sleek and lean they look in the wild versus captive ones who look like chubby barrels. Wild animals are happiest in the wild so that's where they belong.

My friend had a caracal... it found plenty of prey... Husband, my friend... His wife... Children snax Toy poodle... Ups driver... Mailman... Annoying neighbors dog... In laws List goes on

bruh, their not liked for their unique pattern's, people like them because it's *floppa*

Caracals are basically a warm weather species of lynx, so if you're looking for an animal that poses a real threat to young children and other pets, they're perfect for the next low-budget wannabe "Tiger King" 😅😅

*Anyone intent on owning such a majestic, wild animal, is the last person who should own one.*

#1 reason Cause it’ll eat you when it’s hungry. 🫢

Moreover, from the videos I saw here on UKposts, caracals always looked pissed anytime a human approaches them, hissing and showing other "annoyed cat" behaviour. They are surely beautiful creatures, but no idea why anyone in the right state of mind would like to keep such destructive and antisocial animals as pets. From what I saw, the only wild cats that seem to be generally very friendly towards humans are cheetas, but even they, while more tame than other feline cousins, need way too much space and physical activity to be happy living as pets.

A stubborn hard headed cat? Isn't that like 90% of ALL cats?

Thanks for the information. I'll stop dreaming of getting a Caracal as a pet. I'll get a bobcat instead.

My seven reasons 🔥 1. Common Sense 2. Possession of a Brain 3. Value of heart function 4. Value of brain function 5. Desire to continue breathing 6. Fear of death 7. Enjoyment of fingers and toes Bonus ❤️: Desire to have balls that can spawn kids

1. look at Pumba 2. look at Pumba 3. look at Pumba 4. hiss 5. hiss 6. look at Pumba 7. Gosha is unique

I knew #5 was coming. The amount of people who own these and let them cohabitate with their domestic pets, is actually insane to me.

It's insane that people would bring animals into their home that could kill them in an instant. I've seen the videos on here of the one Caracal that keeps hissing at the owner. People in the comments are like, oh no, that's how they communicate. But most of the times the hissing looked threatening or territorial to me, because it happened when Caracal was being approached.

I feel so bad for the Caracals forced into being pets. Seriously in 95% of the videos I've seen of them they're on edge, anxious and hissing at the camera. Sorry but it's just not an appropriate pet to get.

Warning to Humans..."DONT keep dangerous animals in your home" Humans... " i want one now!" Absolutely No sense in some people anymore. Sigh...😢

i'm side eying the people that say, "this is the same with ALL cats" 🙄😒 there's a huge difference and you know that, or else they'd be readily available in pet stores smh. they are wild animals and do not belong jn someones' home. imagine being fully independent, doing whatever you want and someone forces you to live the rest of your life in their house and/or backyard. basically imprisoned. i'm sure most people wouldn't like that. observing them in their natural habitat is okay. having them as a pet is not.

#8 the hiss for no reason

The past few weeks I have seen Pumba on my news feed on Facebook all the time. At first I thought it was kind of cool. I learned what a caracal is. After a couple weeks, it has gotten really old and I got sick of it and the constant hissing. I hid the account because I got tired of seeing it always on my feed. This cat clearly belongs in the wild and its owners are using it for clicks at its expense.

I have a cat and he's a handfull. Sometimes house cats will playfully scratch and bite you, and you will just get a small scratch mark here and there. If one of these guys scartches or bites me, I'll be missing chunks of flesh from my arms and hands, or worse. I'll take me chances with a domestic cat.

I shared a house with a guy once in Florida. His girlfriend gave him a house cat, and he didn't want anything to do with it. The cat had been feral. That cat was totally unpredictable. I'd be sitting shirtless in the back yard, reading the paper. The cat would jump on my lap to get petted. When he decided he didn't want to be petted anymore, he would suddenly, without warning, CLAW me across the chest. He couildn't be trained. Imagine how much damage that Caracal can do.

this video and the comments agreeing give me hope 🥲 i got a few of those exploitative “exotic pet” videos recommended to me featuring one overweight and very defensive caracal and was so disturbed that most of the comments seemed fine with it. i’m glad people here recognize that these beautiful and intelligent animals belong in the wild, not the home (for their safety and ours!)

Let Carcals, and every wild Animal live their lives in their natural environment!

Russians: I'll pretend I didn't hear that

Will it keep my mother out of my house? Yes. Sold.

“CATS NOW” tried to warn y’all. Now we might get a new season of “A Thousand ways to die”😂.

one of the things I really like about caracals is how they look like Pokémon, specially when they're kittens and make a noise that sounds like lasers firing. that said, yes, they're not good pets, even more so when one considers how hard it is to know when they're angry and when they're just vocalizing, because they *hiss* either way

Such a beautiful creature. I'd love to own one but it would be sad knowing it probably won't truly be happy as it would be if it was in the wild and hunting for prey.

#8 As a pet, that would be a miserable life for that cat!

The kittens are about as adorable as cats get…but no way in hell are they great pets. When my friends’ caracal died, they got two house cats. There was suddenly joy where there had not been before. If you want a big cat get a Maine Coon.

Reason number 5: "Eventually, they'll look to you as prey!" 😲😲😲

So basically if you cant spend 24/7 with a Caracal, theyre not a good choice for you. Thanks for this video....Im amazed by their looks.....incredibly beautiful animals.....but this is the first informative video Ive seen and appreciate it. Thanks!

Another reason is this thing called 'common sense" that seems to not be so common these days.

They are beautiful animals. I would love to own one, but I know these animals are too good to obey man and should be left in their rightful place doing what they were born to do.

When they hiss at you it is impossible to tell if they are greeting you or if they are angry at you.

They aren't house pets....at all. The one that hisses constantly is why. People say "well they hiss to communicate". I call bs. I've seen plenty not act that way....& I wouldn't have those ones either. If it hisses for everything....then how would you know if it was angry or happy or whatever? Sounds dangerous either way.

there are so many cats in shelters and they are so cute

Looks like Raichu unlike a normal cat looking like a Pikachuu

The biggest reason not to get a caracal is because they're assholes. They always hiss and growl at you for no reason. Even when you feed them, they don't warm up to you. These cats aren't the type to keep around your family.

This is the kind of "pets" that only whimsical, selfish and/or stupid people have, mostly due to internet trends. A caracal is a wild animal, not a big hissing cat with cute ears. In my country is totally ilegal having one as pet, and im glad for it.

One reason is some night you'll come home and discover you're no longer the boss.

Like I always say..if you need a battle axe to keep them in check..then they are not pet material.

There's a Russian couple who own one called Pumba. He has a channel on here. He just seems to hiss when the camera is on him! They have three of them but he seems more aggressive!

In my country (France), you actually need a permit / lisence, (just like a driver's lisence) to own such pets. (Aggressive dogs, Caracals, Pumas, any "dangerous" and "aggressive" pet) and you get some inspections from the authorities every year or so, to verify the condition in wich the animal lives in, etc...

Belongs in the wild!

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7 reasons to get a caracal cat: 1. Big floppy 2. Big floppa 3. Big floppa 4. Big floppa 5. Big floppa 6. Big floppa 7. Big floppa

You won’t crush my floppy dreams…

I feel sorry for those caracals, they deserve better, but at least some people actually take great care of them and know what they need

Those kittens are adorable.

I've seen the Pumba/Floppa videos and these beautiful demon kitties are best admired in their own habitats

Having a caracal as a pet, is an insult to its nature, unless you too live a hunter's lifestyle out in the woods.

Fat Pumba disapproved this

4:15 me, an Ohioan living near Zanesville, knowing very well the very specific reason why we have some of the stricter exotic animal laws 😅

This cat probably would have solved my mouse problem a lot faster than a bunch of traps.

They so beautiful and the kittens are absolutely precious.

I'M MAD AT GOD FOR MAKING THEM LOOK SO CUDDLY WITH A MEAN TEMPERMENT

Okay so I can’t have a Caracal? Then I’ll just get a Tiger.

Yet, once taken in, putting them back out in the wild, is the cruelest thing one can do. One in ten thousand people commenting recognize this dire fact.

Every time I see a video from people who have one in their house they're always hissing aggressively. I dont understand people who want that energy in their home, it'd stress me out

TRUTH IS TRUTH! JUST THE FACTS! SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT!

This cat is good only for rich people, because the cost of buying it, feeding it, cost of territory you have to own for this cat is cosmic.

I agree with all of these, but I am curious if there is a difference depending on how many generations the cats have been in human contact. Caracals have a pretty long history of human cohabitation, the royalty of India used to use them for bird hunting (since they can jump high enough to actually catch birds out of the air). I just wondering if caracals descended from those who have been with people for 500 or so year are "better" behaved than ones that are only a generation away from wild (or actually from the wild).

Imagine having one of these in a studio apartment!?!

So it's not a good idea to get wild animal to be your house pet, I get it.

Wow I've only seen a handful of people with caracals as pets and was already like "why are they as fat as my house cat?" but I had no idea how cheetah like they were in the wild (vs like say a leopard who is a thicker breed of large cat). Due to their paw size I had no idea how drastic the difference was, and it breaks my heart. And how often these cats are hissing (with ears back and full teeth engaged) they aren't happy. So few are content with their owners, and I assume they're doing more for them activity wise even if they are on the chunky side still. But just let them live in the wild or in a sanctuary. Hell, even a zoo would give them more space to roam than a house/apartment/condo. Stop buying them as pets. Fennec foxes also have big ears and are safer exotic pets that can't eat you/maul you. (Fennec fox protectors don't come for me, I'm just saying. I'm sure there are plenty of people who beg for us to stop making them pets too)

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people romanticize living out in the wild but it’s really a hard life for them in the few places they are if not a sanctuary with loss of habitat and many are starving and any that are for sale are bred to be sold and have never been wild and would not fare well in the wild

Imagine using them as bodyguards.

I get the appeal of getting a big cat, and that is what certain breeds of large DOMESTICATED house cats are for. I watched this video of a caracal biting clean through a raw chicken drum stick and couldn't help but think of what a bite like that would do to the bones in our hands or wrists. Beautiful animals, I look forward to seeing videos of them in the wild, and maybe one day catching a glimpse of one myself out there.

These comments 🤦🏾‍♂️ This is not like a regular cat. SMH.

Do not try to make wild animals live in your house. The #1 cause of death of house cats is being put down in shelters. Go save a couple of cats. They want to live with you!

I am sad that our ancestors didn't domesticate Caracals like they did with wolves.

It's a wild animal and you should leave it be. Also, the Caracal, together with the Manul, is probably the most pissed off cat out there.

A caracal is not different than a domestic cat which is a direct descendant of the African Wildcat. But because of their size, they will be much more happy if they have protected outdoor areas ( fenced areas). All cats need crude protein and that means ideally, fresh internal organs. They need high places to perch and enough space for solutide. There are many homes that can provide these things sutuationally.

DO NOT THE CAT

Sounds like my Teenage sons.

Of course, a Caracal is an exotic animal. I would dare say that a Caracal would be a bigger responsibility than a Dog!

This video should be addressed directly to the owner of Pumba The Caracal! Pumba is always hissing at the camera.

Looks pretty but no way would I try to keep one of these

Why would I want to get the hissing killing machine? ._.

Its crazy getting a animal that exotic and wild is even a option. They spray mark territory too.

tl;dr: it is like a normal cat, but enhanced on every level and thus too much for you to handle.

Finally, someone with some sense.

They're not legal to own in the U.S. entirely I thought but thanks to you for informing that it goes state by state wow ughhh LEAVE THEM IN THE WILD!!!!!! Yup go to a shelter and adopt a kitty be there forever hoooman ❤💯🐾🐈‍⬛

My short-tailed manx has strong hunting instincts. On a small scale, I understand this wild-animal trait that needs understood, respected and addressed.

Im so glad i saw this after seeing pumba, i felt like its insane how much pumba visibly hates his owner and the owner just keeps on uploading

Great!!!👍 I want 1 now🤣🤣

Fuck it, I'm getting my own floppa, AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME

Is it legal to have one as a pet in the USA?

You should not keep any cat as an indoor pet. They all have very strong hunting instincts. Stubborn? Common cat trait..

You will need to use your bathtub as a litterbox for this cat..