Living with Really Big Cats: Cheetahs, Lions, and Tigers

That’s some good kitteh snugglins!

Ok, seriously people stop with buying lethal animals as pets! We already saw what happened when that Chimp went bananas and killed and ATE the owners friend.

I did a photo shoot years ago at a big cat sanctuary.

Some of the rescues were so skittish that the man running the operation could not even go in with them, they had to be kept isolated or be destroyed, vet care required trapping or tranquilizing them. Other cats were quite docile and several had access into his home.

I was able to go into the cage (1/2 acre or more IIRC) with him and a lion. She liked to play ball, like a house cat, but with a soccer ball. He pulled me out shortly after she pressed her full weight against me, like how a cat rubs up against your leg, pushing me hard back into the chainlink fence.

Its amazing how like domestic cats they are in some ways, and yet they are such powerful creatures that considering one as a house pet is foolish (and results in most of the pets being destroyed, rescues are rare and extremely expensive to run).