She found a 'kitten' abandoned in the dirt, raised it into a Jaguar

I guess it harmless if well fed?

I guess it harmless if well fed?

And fed the right (non-red) meat. And treated well. And given plenty of stimulation. And declawed. Even then, there's still the chance that it'll attack you because it's a wild fucking animal with an ingrained hunting instinct.

All of that said, I love Luna's videos. Especially the ones where she plays with her best friend, that HUGE Rotwiler. Those are always heartwarming and make me realize that big cats are more like small cats than we realize.

And fed the right (non-red) meat. And treated well. And given plenty of stimulation. And declawed. Even then, there's still the chance that it'll attack you because it's a wild fucking animal with an ingrained hunting instinct.

It may not even mean to kill you, it could just get a little rough while playing, like fucking housecats do all the time lol

That's Luna, I watch her videos

isnt domesticating a big cat a huge risk as they grow and learn?

Also that is almost certainly a leopard, not a jaguar, which would be a healthy bit larger.

Domesticating a big cat is impossible. Domestication is a process that involves selectively breeding specific traits and behaviors over generations. You cannot domesticate an individual animal.

You can tame an individual animal, which essentially means you normalize the presence around people/other animals while encouraging specific good behaviors and discouraging bad ones. But that's hardly fool-proof and it's very possible that a tamed animal reverts to its instincts when someone does some triggering action. And when said animal is a fucking big cat, that can result in extreme harm.

Ah yes, I've seen this story pop up a few times on IG.

People's fears aren't unjustified, but I've seen other examples of how big cats can actually be quite tame. One video this guy has his back to a charging lion, filming in a selfie angle, and when the lion leaps on him it hugs him and starts licking him instead of what most definitely looks like a normal lion attack.

But then you also have Roy being attacked by their tiger in 2003, so it's probably always a gamble.

They very could easily mistakenly kill your just from playing. There's a guy I follow who has a lot of various animals at his sanctuary, like ostriches, brown bears, black bears, etc. and he often plays with the black bears while mentioning he'll never do it with the brown because they don't know their own strength sometimes.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/0/AAWLQcAAE2lC.jpg

I too found a couple kittens.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/0/AAWLQcAAE2lC.jpg

I too found a couple kittens.

I haven't read a single post in this topic, but ask me anything about big cats.

Dude don't use the x url.

bobkittens?

He wasn't attacked. The cat thought Roy was in trouble and in an attempt to protect him the tiger tried to get him out of there by grabbing him by the neck as that's how they treat their young, but...you know...human necks are a weak point.

bobkittens?

Ah yes, I've seen this story pop up a few times on IG.

People's fears aren't unjustified, but I've seen other examples of how big cats can actually be quite tame. One video this guy has his back to a charging lion, filming in a selfie angle, and when the lion leaps on him it hugs him and starts licking him instead of what most definitely looks like a normal lion attack.

But then you also have Roy being attacked by their tiger in 2003, so it's probably always a gamble.

They very could easily mistakenly kill your just from playing. There's a guy I follow who has a lot of various animals at his sanctuary, like ostriches, brown bears, black bears, etc. and he often plays with the black bears while mentioning he'll never do it with the brown because they don't know their own strength sometimes.