Japanese 15 years held in the house of a dying breed cats. Bashny.Net

Men living on the Japanese island of Tsushima, escaped prosecution after it became known that he spent 15 years secretly held in his home Japanese leopard cat. It turned out after he was forced to ask for help.
Outraged by this action, the authorities finally decided that they would not bring the man charges. Instead, he was asked to tell how he managed to keep the animal alive for such a long time at home.





Leopard cats - one of the rarest native species, which is currently on the verge of extinction. Experts believe that they have no more than 100 in the wild. Never previously been reported that these cats take root in the human house.

Thus, almost found himself behind bars was the first man who managed to domesticate an animal that has lived with him for about 13 years.

According to NHK, a man, who is not named, contacted the local animal protection center on October 18 on the phone and said that the wild cat needs treatment. Then it was sent to the veterinarian to help a sick animal. Arriving at the doctor has determined that the person in the house settled individual female, and that she is about 16 years old. Examine your cat physician decided that it is too weak and needs to be hospitalized. Rare animal was transported to the medical center, where he died a few hours later. After that, the case was connected Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

Responding to a question about the animal, the man said that he found the injured cat on the road about 15 years ago, and after leaving him, decided to leave at home. Apparently, the cat is really attached to the person, because in spite of a sharp change in the environment quite lived up to a ripe old age. According to veterinarians, they do not doubt that the cat died of age-related diseases.

Maintenance of the house endangered species in Japan is considered a crime, but in this case, the authorities decided to make an exception, since there was no evidence found that the cat was kept man force. In fact, representatives of the Ministry decided to take this opportunity to find out from the former owner, as he took care of rare animals. Environmentalists hope that this information will help them to maintain a population of leopard cats, whose numbers are on the island of Tsushima continues to decline.
Alex Slobodyan

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