According to this article in the Daily Mail, “Animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson has such an intimate bond with big cats that he can spend the night curled up with them without the slightest fear of attack…lions are his favourite. He lavishes them with unconditional love, he says, treating each individual differently, speaking to them, caressing them and, above all, treating them with respect.”
The pictures of him cavorting with the big cats are INCREDIBLE. I think this one might be my favorite, though:
Now those are some good-looking creatures!
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Lions and other cats are very intelligent beings. They can read us like the back of their own paw. You send out love to them they return it to you. You must acknowledge them as equal to you and open the door to friendship. They really are no lesser to us, they are just mistreated and devalued.
The first thing you do when you see a lion is revere it, but mostly that turns to fear, especially if it is not caged. If instead you emit love and not fear… well this is a prime example of what can happen.