Domesticating a wild animal

[FinitoElDinamita]

Im not an animal person so i dont have too much knowledge about this shit but I came across some stuff on youtube that got me choked up.









The last video is really intrguing. The lion hugs the women who saved him..


So if you raised the animal from birth, they will never attack you?

[IamInuit]

I'm against it but sadly things like the examples you posted along with zoo's may be the only place left in the future to see these animals and may provide a way for re-introduction. Lots of wolf hybrids up here and even some that have tried to raise wolves. It never works out well for the animals. A wolf becomes a wolf by design at about six months. Unlike a dog they stop having eye contact with you. There have only been 8 documented cases of wild wolves predating on humans since documents have been taken which is about 300 years. The same cannot be said about hybrid pets or wolf pets.

Interestingly enough I just finished watching a documentary recently on a new species here in Canada that was first seen on the east coast but has moved on west as far as Alberta and British Columbia. I think I may have seen one here a couple of weeks ago. Its called a "coywolf" Half coyote/half wolf. They seem to be a little retarded and are killing horses and even donkeys out west which are fearless and used to protect herds. They seem bold and may be responsible for a couple of fatalities. Anyway I digress. Interesting topic.

[Fenster]

So if you raised the animal from birth, they will never attack you?

There are dozens of cases of the "loving" friendly wild animal "unexpectedly" turning on it's owner.

Tame Hollywood bear that ripped its trainer/owners throat out. Loving Gorilla that ripped owners face off. Siegfried and Roy getting attacked by a lion/tiger during the performance. Timothy Treadwell (Grizzly Man). Plus a million circus animal incidents.

Just because there's some limited evidence the Animal will bond with the human it doesn't mean that it will stay that way. In the first video (Christian the lion) they went to see it whilst it was still being cared for by humans. They never went back to see if it was still that friendly after it had been let loose to hunt and breed on it's own.

In the 2nd Vid - The Gorilla seemed as comfortable around the other humans as the dude it apparently could recognise.

3rd Vid - Timothy Treadwell?

4th Vid - There's no evidence he recognised the woman. As he's in a South American zoo he probably has no teeth or claws left either.

[Fenster]

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[Fenster]

Wild animals are meant to live in the wild. Not with dopey humans.