Touch the footpads of cheetah! 肉球触ったよ!

[Halo933]

Did he die?



[Cuisito]

and the blood??

[twistedstich]

Wow, just big fluffy kitties

[iSuperdupaloveweed]

@twistedstich but if they get playful, you won't live to tell about it.

[twistedstich]

@iSuperdupaloveweed

A worthy sacrifice...

[kaitlynfoster17]

It's sad to see two such beautiful WILD animals put on leashes. They shouldn't be on leashes. They should be in the wild, hunting, with their family, making a family. It's selfish to keep an animal like that for your own pleasure. Especially when that 'cute' animal could kill you whenever it wanted to.

[imilkdude]

@kaitlynfoster17 they might be rescued wild animals~

[awesomeinabox1234]

@kaitlynfoster17 the leash is so they dont run away, scaring people. plus they're probably rescued, and you can see they are clearly enjoying themselves with the attention and love

[VinnyVinceViper]

@ deliciousd2 , actualy i hope we never get to domesticate larger animals like them, look at how many animals today that are "adopted" then trow in the streets,SPCA already have there hands full with pets that idiots abandon or mistreat, or we would have people doing to them what they did over years with pitbulls.

[fopeloop]

OMG that would be so awesome to even be that close to a cheetah... where i live, the zoo animals are always asleep or hiding

i live australia

[deliciousd2]

i have hopes for the future that just like dogs and cats we may be able to domesticate larger animals like this. but that'll take hundreds if not thousands of years

[darkterrous]

No pets allow !!!! ... Look carefully its an animal .!!! Lol

[Josiekitty87]

omgg soooo prettyyyyyy

[NyaahNatrix]

poor things...

[jessekarate08]

i guess it would be like having a dog in a way

[3Dmassacre]

Surprised nobody started screaming. heh

[jamppaindaclub]

What if they start to run away? Will ya run after them? :p

[randomtroll14]

idiots who take wild animals out of their habitat for personal enjoyment...their place belongs in the wild,not as your pet!you can have a dog for that

[velazkid]

I think youve watched 1 to many Disney movies. Did you see the way those Cheetahs were acting? They were loving it. Animals dont have anything holding them back like laws or rules, if they didnt like something they would "rebel". As in attacking there owners. Does that happen? Nope. They are happy being treated like royalty.

[138Danzig138]

Oh right, dogs/cats originally came from the shelter and not nature.

[Crixe]

@138Danzig138 that's half right most animals we call pets have been selectively bred so much Dogs aren't anything like the wild kind and most are not even adapted for life in the wild look at the toy breeds you think nature would create something like that naturally? If it did it was called a runt and it usually died. But in general everything came from nature at one point we just stepped in and played around with breeding.

[pawsly]

@randomtroll14

if they born and raised in captivity, releasing them would be cruel and considering how tame and relaxed they are i dout they were taken from the wild. please put things into perspective before you start bleeding your heart out

[Crixe]

@pawsly Your right there releasing a animal like this would require rehabilitation and probably wouldn't survive on it's own. When animals are kept for release they are limited to human interaction. A animal that doesn't fear a human can either be a danger to (more likely) itself or to others. But at the same time any cat is capable of hunting. More so when you have a wild breed like this. It would go feral quick but I agree it's cruel.

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@randomtroll14 Our natural habitat was in the forest, roaming from place to place in order to find food. We, eventually, became the creatures of comfort that we are today...and enjoy it. To say what you did is to say that you, yourself, would prefer to live out in the woods without a home, worrying about when you would get your next meal, etc. Domestication of Cheetah has ranged back to tribal times when they were used as hunting dogs, they transits very well.

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe First of all, he wasn't killed by the cat...he was sent to the hospital in critical condition. From what I heard, and I followed this closely at the time it happened, he had a heart attack on stage...and the cat sensed this and tried to drag him off stage by the throat. Due to the animal's size, a grip from it's maw is going to puncture flesh no matter how light it's trying to drag you away. Regardless, he was noted to be saying "DON'T KILL HIM, IT WASN"T HIS FAULT" as they took him

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe off stage. He later had a stroke in the hospital as well, but if I'm not mistaken...made a full recovery. If a cat of that size wants to kill you, it will...ESPECIALLY when it grabs you by the throat. Many animals can sense subtle changes in a human's body, this is why you hear of all those stories where dogs ended up saving an owners life who has a stroke or heart attack... Now, I might be a bit wrong about the details on this case...you'd have to look into it further, but I was

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe watching interviews with both Siegfried and Roy...who both expressed that it wasn't the cat's fault, and if I'm not mistaken...they still own it to this very day. It was not put down, and they still own the cat. As I said, do a little research on it...but understand that when it happened, PETA and everyone JUMPED ALL OVER it to express that it was wrong to keep big cats as pets. Obviously they're dangerous animals, yes...but not really any more than any other animal.

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe All animals are unpredictable, look at how many times a domestic dog bites someone, or a house cat tears into you. The only REAL difference is the fact that wild animals are often larger and more capable of doing considerable damage when they throw a fit. However, when raised properly...a wild animal is nearly as predictable as any domestic, they have their fits...they have their various aspects that set them off...just like any other pet. You have to know what they do, and do not,

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe tolerate...just as you do any other pet. Same goes for introducing them to strangers...countless domestic dogs LOATHE strangers in the house and will tear into them on sight...same holds true for "wild" animals who have been turned into pets...if they aren't used to someone, they might tear into them. Often this reaction isn't so strong if they were raised around lots of people, and had new people introduced to them constantly.

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe Be that as it may, alright...I'm done ranting haha. I've always been passionate about animals...watched Discovery Channel and Animal Planet growing up. Seen countless controversy...and just realized that these animals are really no different, predictability wise, than any domestic... I've been bit seven different times by seven different domestic dogs. Yet, when I was about seven and passed a black bear...it ran scared. Everything has it's quirks.

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe Quick side note, natives of Africa used to use Cheetahs as "hunting dogs"...seen pictures of that in my history books during school. So, in a sense, they've had a little domestication bred into them over the years...just not as much as your average dog.

[Crixe]

@XxxTenebraexxX Nice information. My statement was a little flawed but my general point was animals are animals they will do what they want and in the end there is little you can do to control a predator unless they allow you to. These cheetah are lovely animals and I adore all cats in general I was more or less agreeing with you and adding my own two sense. Frankly with a cat this size I'd be more worried about it licking me with its tongue then clawing me hehe. They have such rough tongues :)

[XxxTenebraexxX]

@Crixe Hah, wow...that's an unnerving thought. I didn't even consider the rough tongue, that's got to hurt dragging across the flesh. Regardless, indeed...all animals are unpredictable, each possessing their own individual personality atop a core nature, pretty much the same as humans...just with a different core nature.

[Crixe]

@XxxTenebraexxX Exactly some large cats can take off skin when they lick you. And that's a loving gesture as any cat owner can tell you being licked by a cat is a sign of affection, as with many animals grooming is bounding.