making a big cat your pet is it the best choice or the last option

one of the recent trend is using a wild cat in your music video or as a pet. it looks more like the world has to be remembered of some things and who these guys really are

Big Cats Are Natural-Born Hunters

Big cats are wild animals at heart. It is in their nature to travel, stalk, and hunt down their prey. Let’s face it, these animals can get downright “angry.” Lions are the apex predators for a reason — they are skilled, ruthless, and violent hunters. When captivity takes this opportunity away, these cats can get frustrated.
I visited one sanctuary where they did not allow children under six years of age in because the cats would stalk them and get too excited, seeing them as potential prey. Evidently, large predators salivating to eat children is a bad thing — who’d a thought? At another sanctuary, I visited with my young children, the cheetah was pacing back and forth clearly stalking them. The kids thought it was a funny game, but it was clear that the cheetah wanted to eat them. Given the choice, I would rather find a wolf in grandmother’s house than a lion any day, although neither choice is anywhere near ideal.

 

Captivity Can Drive Big Cats Crazy

So you’ve heard all the warnings and are still convinced you need a big cat in your house. Maybe your new cub is cute and cuddly and rolls around and plays, and MAYBE that cub will grow into a large predator that might really, really love you. But, most likely, that same cat will slowly go crazy.
Captivity of big cats causes them great stress which can potentially lead to psychosis, also known as zoochosis. Do you really want to share your space with a large, potentially unstable natural born killer? This psychosis (or zoochosis) is often exhibited through pacing and acts of aggression (even on trusted caretakers). Many big cat attacks that occur from aggression are born out of this frustration. Because of their large size, their natural ability to easily overpower a human, and their potential for aggression, big cats are often kept caged at all times, therefore their natural instinct to hunt and move is not allowed. So by having a big cat as a pet, you’re not only living with a very, very large natural-born hunter but also one that may literally go crazy on you. Yeah, that’s a good idea, said no one ever.

 

 Wild cat can never be domesticated

wild cats are not domesticated animals, even if you raise them in a domestic environment, they are still wild and will act on their wild instincts. I will never in my life tell anyone keeping a wild cat as a pet, solely because they want one, is okay. they are dangerous animal that can kill you in a split second, meaning to or not. This wild cats does not have to have the intent to harm you to harm you. It could just begin playing too hard, and one swipe with their claws and you're gone. One false move in it's presence, you're done. It's a very dangerous situation, especially if you don't know the way to properly act and behave around these animals and don't know the species and how they work very well.

In short, no. Even raising a wild cat from birth you will NEVER be 100% safe around it, no matter how long you've had it or how much you've interacted with it.