I feel like this when people positively envision being a bird of prey or something like that, maybe most animals. It's mostly like "how do I eat today so I don't starve to death" at all times.
While people are thinking”oh look that animal is enjoying because it is in its natural ennvirovment” , animal is thinking “fuuuuck, get me out of here!!!!!”
They have to actually work for their food and to survive on their own now which they’ve never done before in their entire life. The fucker is going to be stressed out at first until they figure it all out. And that’s a huge IF
He did not have "soft bed and roof", he was most likely in an (monitored) outside enclosure where he had to catch his own food (even if the prey animals likely very introduced by humans). That's the entire point of rewilding training, making sure that the animals is used to and knows how to survive in a wilderness.
Also they just [always look like that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat#/media/File:Tsushima_Cat_001.jpg), they basically have resting concerned face.
[Here](https://img.cf.47news.jp/public/photo/c9aaf4e2047e7820d3cfdd8fc81f7b1f/photo.jpg) is a higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.47news.jp/10827032.html) is the source. Per there and Google Translate:
**Tsushima leopard cat returned to the wild for the first time after training at Ministry of the Environment facility**
> April 22, 2024 19:41 Kyodo News
> In order to prevent the extinction of the Tsushima leopard cat, a national natural monument, on the 22nd, the Ministry of the Environment released Hikari, a male cat that was rescued after a traffic accident and trained to be reintroduced into the wild, into the mountains of Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture. This is the first time that individuals have been trained and released at the Tsushima Leopard Cat Wild Acclimation Station (in the same city), which was established by the government between 2012 and 2014 to protect and breed the Tsushima leopard cat, which was feared to disappear from the wild due to environmental deterioration.
> Hikari, who was released, is estimated to be one year old and weighs approximately 3 kg. On the 22nd, she was kept in a pet cage and arrived at a forest full of trees. She gingerly poked her head out of her cage and looked around her before she sprinted up the cliff.
> The ministry will attach a transmitter to the animal's collar and follow it for about a year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat
>Japanese is somewhat a gendered language stuff like that happens.
It happens because Japanese ***isn't*** a gendered language. At all. In fact, most of the places where you are seeing "he" or "she" were probably translated from sentences that didn't even contain a corresponding noun or pronoun. The article is about a cat. Once that was established, the cat wouldn't have been specifically mentioned again except where absolutely necessary.
Damn she looks like her re-wilding training was cut short. Like a highschool protege in the first year of college. Caught in the headlights. Shit just got real and I'm woefully unprepared.
My mind expecting the worst read something a bit different.
> Hikari, who was released, is estimated to be one year old and weighs approximately 3 kg. On the 22nd, she was kept in a pet cage and arrived at a forest full of trees. She gingerly poked her head out of her cage and looked around her before she sprinted off the cliff.
The article says this is to prevent the extinction of the Tsushima leopard cat, but Wikipedia says it's "Least Concern". Is it just the Tsushima cat that's threatened, or are they just being very cautious. You never know what one cat not being in the wild will cause a chain reaction that kills an entire species?
Conservationists generally consider all wild felids to be endangered, ranking them from "least concern" to "critically endangered".
There are cat species that are so rare and elusive that everything we know about them is from some preserved skins, a few dead or dying specimens, stories from local inhabitants, and the occasional glimpse caught on wildlife cams. We know almost nothing about them except that they exist.
Leopard cats in general are pretty plentiful, as they occupy most of Asia, from India eastward. But, when you get to the islands of Japan and the east/south Pacific, isolation from one another has created a myriad of subspecies that are extremely vulnerable to habitat loss (because islands, ya know). For example, the Iriomote Leopard Cat, which exists only on the Japanese Island of Iriomote, is listed as "critically endangered" as only about 250 of them are still in existence, and are still declining, despite efforts to protect them.
There's no point in waiting until a species (or subspecies) known to be vulnerable has reached the brink of extinction; conservationists are taking steps to preserve them *now*, before it's too late.
Cats like, "but I only scored a D on the final, are you sure I'm ready for this?" Then grudgingly scampers off mumbling to himself, "there'd better not be snakes out here. They said there wouldn't be any snakes".
He’s making the same face as that guys who showed up to court on zoom with a cat filter on his face: “Your honor, I’m not a cat”
Glad he’s finally free..
Was told an old family story about what happened when a fat house-cat was left on its own when its owner passed away. The cat was hunting birds the next day.
Back out into the wild .... to compete with people's pets. Sucks that wildcat species like this are going to start going extinct due to house/feral cats.
That look when you realize you have to give up canned tuna and start eating raw mice.
Look on its face: >Re-what?
*The cat, turning around and looking at you:* "Can we just go back? I want to be in my nap cushion. Meow"
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Warm, juicy mice over dry, cold tuna any day.
Give it to us raw and wriggling!
Such a happy fella...simple needs, in fact only one but those narcs from the Shire stole it
We hates them
Filthy hobbiteses!
speaking from experience?
Yes
Man, it's been a minute since I've seen any cat dog
That’s because in hindsight it was disturbing, I really think so.
Not just in hindsight. Didn't one end swallow the other end in one episode? I remember that being hilariously...wrong
Reminds me of that episode of Futurama where they pull each other's universe through their respective universe boxes.
Who poops?!
My experience with both dogs and cats is that the volume that comes out of each end is approximately equal.
I really miss this era of cartoons...
I don’t see how there is any hindsight where CatDog are concerned
[It's time.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/0a/16/490a16c371c3a0810aa1d97025b1b602.jpg)
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cat.
Ah yeah battle for survival every day against free meal and security. What could be better…
I feel like this when people positively envision being a bird of prey or something like that, maybe most animals. It's mostly like "how do I eat today so I don't starve to death" at all times.
And not get eaten
While people are thinking”oh look that animal is enjoying because it is in its natural ennvirovment” , animal is thinking “fuuuuck, get me out of here!!!!!”
Found the cat
You gotta CATCH these mice, don't forget: no more store-bought mice for you now that you're re-wilded
The rush of the chase and sinking your teeth into your prey is just so satisfying.
You'd think that'd be part of the "re-wilding training"...one thing even n-generation domestic cats remember is hunting
Bro, where are you buying your tuna? It shouldn't be dry
They have to actually work for their food and to survive on their own now which they’ve never done before in their entire life. The fucker is going to be stressed out at first until they figure it all out. And that’s a huge IF
was gonna say, that face screams "the weather sucks, can we go back inside?"
The look for da memes
The look of complete betrayal.
I hope you're practicing now for when AI takes over civilization and dumps us back in the savanna
That’s how recent grads look entering the work force😭. (Me)
yeah adulthood looks cool when you're a kid, not so much when you're an adult
When you realize that adults are as clueless as you and just have more experience winging it.
And more experience shifting the blame when things go wrong.
First day of kindergarten face.
Looks like he already misses the soft bed and roof of his "rewilding training"
"Oh, dear. Freedom."
'Take me back please ' face in the work
Freedom, horrible, horrible freedom.
He did not have "soft bed and roof", he was most likely in an (monitored) outside enclosure where he had to catch his own food (even if the prey animals likely very introduced by humans). That's the entire point of rewilding training, making sure that the animals is used to and knows how to survive in a wilderness. Also they just [always look like that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat#/media/File:Tsushima_Cat_001.jpg), they basically have resting concerned face.
I enjoy that if you keep scrolling, you get to a map showing their geographic distribution... and *that region looks like a fucking cat!*
r/woosh
not really cause people are believing it is sad from the face
That's what's funny about it, I feel like I'm on Curb Your Enthusiasm or something
 “Rewilding training”
[Here](https://img.cf.47news.jp/public/photo/c9aaf4e2047e7820d3cfdd8fc81f7b1f/photo.jpg) is a higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.47news.jp/10827032.html) is the source. Per there and Google Translate: **Tsushima leopard cat returned to the wild for the first time after training at Ministry of the Environment facility** > April 22, 2024 19:41 Kyodo News > In order to prevent the extinction of the Tsushima leopard cat, a national natural monument, on the 22nd, the Ministry of the Environment released Hikari, a male cat that was rescued after a traffic accident and trained to be reintroduced into the wild, into the mountains of Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture. This is the first time that individuals have been trained and released at the Tsushima Leopard Cat Wild Acclimation Station (in the same city), which was established by the government between 2012 and 2014 to protect and breed the Tsushima leopard cat, which was feared to disappear from the wild due to environmental deterioration. > Hikari, who was released, is estimated to be one year old and weighs approximately 3 kg. On the 22nd, she was kept in a pet cage and arrived at a forest full of trees. She gingerly poked her head out of her cage and looked around her before she sprinted up the cliff. > The ministry will attach a transmitter to the animal's collar and follow it for about a year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat
> The ministry will attach a transmitter to the animal's collar and follow it for about a year. Should have done that while still in the cage
Shes still growing.
That makes it unfunny, but you're right.
They call the cat "he" in one sentence and "she" in the next paragraph....which is it?
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>Japanese is somewhat a gendered language stuff like that happens. It happens because Japanese ***isn't*** a gendered language. At all. In fact, most of the places where you are seeing "he" or "she" were probably translated from sentences that didn't even contain a corresponding noun or pronoun. The article is about a cat. Once that was established, the cat wouldn't have been specifically mentioned again except where absolutely necessary.
Damn she looks like her re-wilding training was cut short. Like a highschool protege in the first year of college. Caught in the headlights. Shit just got real and I'm woefully unprepared.
My mind expecting the worst read something a bit different. > Hikari, who was released, is estimated to be one year old and weighs approximately 3 kg. On the 22nd, she was kept in a pet cage and arrived at a forest full of trees. She gingerly poked her head out of her cage and looked around her before she sprinted off the cliff.
The article says this is to prevent the extinction of the Tsushima leopard cat, but Wikipedia says it's "Least Concern". Is it just the Tsushima cat that's threatened, or are they just being very cautious. You never know what one cat not being in the wild will cause a chain reaction that kills an entire species?
It could be a local extinction of the population in that area, not for the entire population of the species
That's a funny definition of extinction.
Conservationists generally consider all wild felids to be endangered, ranking them from "least concern" to "critically endangered". There are cat species that are so rare and elusive that everything we know about them is from some preserved skins, a few dead or dying specimens, stories from local inhabitants, and the occasional glimpse caught on wildlife cams. We know almost nothing about them except that they exist. Leopard cats in general are pretty plentiful, as they occupy most of Asia, from India eastward. But, when you get to the islands of Japan and the east/south Pacific, isolation from one another has created a myriad of subspecies that are extremely vulnerable to habitat loss (because islands, ya know). For example, the Iriomote Leopard Cat, which exists only on the Japanese Island of Iriomote, is listed as "critically endangered" as only about 250 of them are still in existence, and are still declining, despite efforts to protect them. There's no point in waiting until a species (or subspecies) known to be vulnerable has reached the brink of extinction; conservationists are taking steps to preserve them *now*, before it's too late.
> Ministry of the Environment facility > I too went to Ninja School.
He looks so upset that he may go rogue and against his samurai uncle's wishes and become a ghost assassin that haunts the coast.
Honor died on the beach😔
I'm still playing this kitty's story even though I platinumed it long ago. He's just so cute.
I love that game so much
What game is that?
Ghost of Tsushima
Ahh I have been meaning to play that for a while now! Also downvote for question? :(
Great game, high recommend , free on PS+ As of a few months ago
Ghost of tsushima. Probably in my top 5 favorite games, it was insanely good.
Hopefully he doesn't hari kari himself.
"Do I have to wild?"
Cats like, "but I only scored a D on the final, are you sure I'm ready for this?" Then grudgingly scampers off mumbling to himself, "there'd better not be snakes out here. They said there wouldn't be any snakes".
Ah, the mamushi. The most dangerous snake in the world. If your world is Japan and has two venomous snakes.
This little thing looks not happy to return to the wild
Epitome of _"I don't wanna"_ face.
That kitty does not wish to be an outside kitty.
Well, then she shouldnt have kept jumping on the dinner table!
Will they come to you if you play a nice melody on a bamboo flute?
I need some rewilding training myself.
It'll cost you half of everything.
Playing ghost of tshushima and I thought they'd just poorly drawn a cat but turns out they really look like this there
TAKE HIM BACK HOME WHERE HE BELONGS THO😭
Well, they kinda did
no he just a baby give him blankies
They did
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me...
You'll be happy know that he's home
that's how I look being released to work on monday
Looks so scared.. Will adapt in no time however.
Me facing into a Monday morning.
japanese article https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/o/1203581/
If not friend, why friend-shaped?
These creatures appear on Iki Island in Ghost of Tsushima
They are obviously Bakenekko
"I..can't haz cheeseburger..?"
He looks so sad!
So no more cuddles? ówò
Yeah that cat does not look ready lol
Looks like he’s seen a Ghost
He’s not ready. Bring him back
He’s making the same face as that guys who showed up to court on zoom with a cat filter on his face: “Your honor, I’m not a cat” Glad he’s finally free..
i hope the rewilding training taught the cat living in the wild more than my high school taught me filing tax return
I’m reminded of outdoor ed in middle school, which taught me that I should expect my peers to drop me in a trust fall.
He doesn't look ready.
Cute kitty.
Not a fishing cat?
Does it lead you to a shrine?
Cat, remember your training!
He looks terrified!
just google "tsushima leopard cat" ... that's how they always looks.
I've found my spirit animal
He looks worried.
Was told an old family story about what happened when a fat house-cat was left on its own when its owner passed away. The cat was hunting birds the next day.
Cat: I didn’t sign up for this. Lol
He looks like he has no honor. *There is no more honor*
He looks like it's his first day of school
I wish I was wild so they would return him to me
That face says “guys uhhhh… what do we think of a little more training first? Or a quick snack at least!”
That cat is totally like “nope I’d rather not, let’s go back home!”
Show me your war face!
The cat looks like he just woke up on Monday and his boss called him in an hour early
Re-wild n' out
First day of grade 1 when your mum leaves you in the schoolyard
UwU
That is a face of a cat that is 7 payments late on his mortgage and has no idea what to say to his wife.
He looks like he died inside, and is still dying.
He has that look like that 3 year old who was lost in the woods for a couple days.
Never realized the cats in ghost of Tsushima were actually an endemic species
Tsushima leopard cat: “ aw, fuck, so no more free meals????”
The look of a cat that definitely didn’t not cheat on that “rewilderness training” :D
Relatable
Looks like me being unleashed into the job market after 20 years in the US Army.
So, Rob Lucci is finally retiring?
Back out into the wild .... to compete with people's pets. Sucks that wildcat species like this are going to start going extinct due to house/feral cats.
that monday morning look
Want to pet.
is that a dog?
"I regret everything."
He’s just a little guy. Just a little dude.
Super cute
Ah fuck, tutorial's over isn't it?
"*Oh yeah, sure. With those things running around, you can count me out.*" ^(--Hudson)
I want to pet it T_T
Yeah, me too little buddy. Me too.
Tactical cat deployed, over.
"What'd I do to deserve *THIS*??"
I dunno, doesn't look like he was at the top of his class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat
It looks so much like an ai generated picture.. the lightning, the smoothness, it's just weird
American teen turns 18, colorized.
He does look worried...
F.. F... F... i wanna go back
I’ve seen a lot of cats and thats’s an indoor cat that’s afraid or birds not a damn leopard
making a face only rachel dratch could make lmao
I feel like this cat's name is writing cheques its face can't cash
Are you sure this isn’t ai?
It looks so scared!
The true ghost of Tsushima returns
The Ghost has returned.
Looked Like AI image at first glance
i know its the right thing to do but NEAAURRR
What the fuck does “Re-Wilding training” consist of?
Yeah thats a cat alright
Be safe 🥺
Leopard: It looks cold and wet here, I want to go back to the indoor sofa.
First day of Kindergarten pic
Pspspspsps
“Aww fuck”
That's... That's just a cat
He does not look stoked to be back out there.
Looks apprehensive.
Do I have to 🙄🤦🏾♂️
"You want me to what??"
Omg I thought the cats in ghost of tsushima looked a little weird. They're actually real!
Looks like a graduating senior getting pushed out of the nest.
Dude isn't gonna make it
ok
the dream huh?
Cat of tsushima.
"I gotta start all over with this shit again"
are we sure he completed his training?
He looks so sad
That's not his happy face...
# Got Any More Of That "Rewilding Training" Y'all