How to Own a Pet Lion
Owning a pet lion can be a rewarding experience, as long as you understand the commitment and dedication necessary. Lion ownership requires thorough research and preparation prior to bringing home a lion, though, so you have to prepare yourself for this big responsibility.
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Research Lions Thoroughly Before Committing
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Learn everything you can about lions before bringing one home. This includes the basics such as height, weight, breeding habits, shelter and food. It also includes learning their behaviors and history in captivity. Talk to other lion owners (or other large cats) for first-hand information.
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Research the laws regarding big cats as pets. Local laws and regulations may prohibit the containment of such an exotic animal, so check with the town hall for the current allowance for large cats. Then, be sure to talk to the community zoning board to find out whether or not your residential area is properly zoned for you to own such an animal.
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Remember that lions are not disposable. Once you own a lion, you may not be able to find a new home for the lion if the situation does not work out. Zoos, for example, are regulated in what animals they can provide homes to, and animal sanctuaries are often too crowded to take on new animals.
Prepare Your Family and Home to Welcome Your Lion
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Give your lion enough room to exercise. Unlike a housecat, lions cannot be given a small area and live happily ever after. Since you will not be walking your lion, there needs to be plenty of room within the housing you provide for your lion to stretch its legs.
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Educate everyone in the house on how to own a pet lion. Especially if you have small children, they need to understand the difference between a lion and "Fluffy" the housecat who sleeps on their beds. Teach your children safety first, and set up proper containment for the lion where children cannot enter.
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Find a veterinarian who will treat your lion. Having a qualified and willing veterinarian is important to have prior to bringing home your pet lion. Most veterinarians only accept domesticated animals such as dogs and housecats as patients.
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Tips & Warnings
Bring a list of questions when meeting with a potential veterinarian. Be sure to find out if this veterinarian has back up coverage when unavailable. You need to know the back up veterinarian will be as willing to handle your lion as your primary veterinarian.
Put the safety of yourself, family, neighbors and the animal before anything else. Remember some animals may not appreciate confinement, which could lead to aggression down the line.
Most state and city laws will not allow you to keep a pet lion in a residential neighborhood.
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Are you fucking kidding me right now?
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People successfully raise wild animals as pets all the time, you just only ever hear about the idiots who bite off more than they can chew.
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who has pet lions theyll eat your head off!
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You guys are all a bunch of flaming liberals and dems....shut up... If you spend adequate money to provide a massive area for your lion to roam it is very possible to own and domesticate one...if you adopt a Lion that can not fend for itself in the wild it is a win win situation...This is America and beleive it or not there are plenty of states that allow such mammals to be brought home into the family.
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Lions should not be kept as pets they are wild animals that should be living out their lives as part of a pride in the African Savannah, or, only if necessary, in natural habitat zoos that take good care of them where they can live out their lives surrounded by other lions and not have their families and friendships torn up unless need be.
