Is it possible to raise a baby tiger, lion, bear, fox, or cheetah?

Question

if u found a baby somewhere, can u make it your pet???

and when they turn into an adult, will they hurt u or is it possible to make them nice and obey you?

Answer 1

It's certainly possible, yes - zoos and wildlife parks often have to hand-rear baby animals that have been rejected by their mother. Even animals born wild can be raised by humans - Elsa the lioness, of 'Born Free' fame, is a well-known example. However, a wild animal raised by humans will always retain its wild instincts, however tame it may appear. They are unpredictable and could turn on you at any time. Something like a tiger or lion has no idea how much stronger it is than you - it could kill you unintentionally when simply trying to play. What might be a playful cuff to another member of its own species could mean a broken neck for a human. Hand-reared zoo animals are put back with their own kind as soon as possible, and people no longer have contact with them once they reach a size where they could be dangerous. You can never completely trust any animal - just look at how many people are killed by dogs every year, and they have been domesticated for thousands of generations. Wild animals should not be kept as pets - legal issues aside, it is playing with fire.

Answer 2

Possible, yes.  But it's a very bad idea.  Wild animals will always be unpredictable and tigers, lions, bears, and cheetahs can be deadly.  All of them except the fox get very big also and many people would be surprised by how much food and space they need as well.  Don't even try it with a fox.  He might bite someone and besides they're meant to be wild and free.  Look, take photos, but leave them alone.

Answer 3

lol! With lots of love, domestication, and proper training, its very possible! But they will always have that 'wild' instinct in them, so its not safe.... :)

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Answer 4

Don't think you are going to to by chance find a baby tiger, lion, or cheetah.  You MIGHT find the others..but no you cannot raise a wild animal as a pet.  They would not be tame just because they are acclimated to humans..they would be MORE dangerous than if they grow up in the wild.  Also, there are laws against raising wild animals as pets, and tigers are endangered, making it even more impossible to raise one.  Only zoos and other licensed educational facilities can have such animals in their possession legally.

Answer 5

um... it is still a wild animal and it would still have it's wild instincts. Just because you raise a wild animal from birth doesn't mean it's domesticated. It would be loyal and obey you but it is still likely to attack you, especially with out training (both you and the animal). Even if it was just playing with you it's much bigger and stronger (except maybe the fox and cheetah) than you and can easily hurt even without meaning to. And even the cheetah could easily make you trip (using techniques they use in the wild to take down prey) while the two of you are running around playing.

I have seen a few videos of "trained" bears attacking.

As for tigers, don't you remember when the tiger attacked Roy of Siegfried and Roy. The tiger didn't kill him but it was close. They have spent years with these tiger and have raised some from birth....

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring...

The lions and tigers were Roy's domain, and his ability to communicate with them was marvelous and mysterious at the same time. Roy didn't so much train the animals as bond with them through a technique he called "affection conditioning," raising tiger cubs from birth and sleeping with them until they were a year old. "When an animal gives you its trust," Roy had said, "you feel like you have been given the most beautiful gift in the world."

But on the night of October 3, that trust was broken. Forty-five minutes into the show, at about 8:15 p.m., Roy led out Montecore, a seven-year-old white tiger born in Guadalajara, Mexico. The 380-pound cat became distracted by someone in the 1,500- member crowd and broke his routine, straying toward the edge of the stage. With no barrier protecting the audience, Roy leapt to put himself between Montecore and the front row, only a few feet away. The tiger kept coming. Roy gave him a command to lie down, and Montecore refused, gripping the trainer's right wrist with his paw.

"He lost the chain [around the tiger's neck] and grabbed for it, but couldn't get it," says Tony Cohen, a Miami tourist who was sitting ten yards from the stage. With his free hand holding a wireless microphone, Roy tried repeatedly tapping Montecore on the head, the sound reverberating through the theater. "Release!" Roy commanded the tiger. "Release!"

Montecore relaxed his grip, but Roy had been straining to pull away, and fell backward over the tiger's leg. In an instant, Montecore was on top of him, clamping his powerful jaws around Roy's neck. Now Siegfried, standing nearby, ran across the stage yelling, "No, no, no!" But the tiger was resolute, and dragged his master 30 feet offstage "literally like a rag doll," as another witness recalls.

Wild Animal do NOT make good pets.

Answer 6

It is highly unlikely that you could successfully make one of these wild animals a pet.  I had a baby raccoon once, and when it hit puberty, it turned on the aggression like a switch.