I used to work witha man whose wife was a Cheeta handler for the San Diego Zoological society. Beautiful animals but they don't get too far away from chaing things down and chewing on them.
While in Orlando a couple of years ago,I stayed at a resort that featured a Sigfried and Roy kind of show with a huge tiger and a male lion.I watched then unload the animals from the truck.There was a girl who was about 5 foot nothing in charge of controlling the lion.She kept smacking him on the nose.
I'll bet that girl has trouble getting life insurance!