Cheers Mark. They are gorgeous. 🙂

Cheers Todd. 🙂

Based on my experience with my dog, I think the collar is not a problem for the serval. When I first used a training collar with a radio controlled buzzer on my dog, it was mildly amused for only a few seconds. Ever since then it completely ignores it. When I want to put it on, it comes eagerly because it knows it means a walk in the woods is next.
In the wild, the serval is spending most of it’s time hunting which means it’s mind is on nothing else but finding prey. Even though the collar looks obtrusive to us, I suspect the serval never thinks about it.

I had the same response when I watch the film to the phrase “illegal skin trade.” I felt ill just hearing it.

We have these wonderful people rehabilitating the animals, but it was us who caused many of their problems.

I hate wearing stuff around my neck too. It looks they’re making every effort to make them as comfortable as possible though, like the collar buckles being pre-rusted so they’ll fall off about the time the battery goes flat, and they seem to be careful how tight they do them and how heavy they are. My thinking is that as long as they’re getting useful data that will help servals in the future, it’s worth it.

That said, a superb short film, thanks. Lovely creatures! JAC will adore them I’m sure!

As an aside, if I may? – I also think when I see films like this that the fitted ‘collars’ look rather cumbersome, and do seem possibly uncomfortable. What do you think? I get that it is necessary… but… (I am possibly thinking though about my dislike of wearing a tie or anything around my neck! A sort of mammalian relativism!)

Cheers.

Al