"DICING WITH DEATH AND I KNOW IT"

         

Playing 14-month-old lion Leo and 13-month-old Siberian tigress Summer in his backyard in Florida

         Just looking at the pictures, makes my hair stand at the back of my neck,  well this aint crazy, but risky, very very risky. Daily mail shared an article on Carl Bovard, who his half blind and lives with 14 big cats including two lions, six tigers and a lynx. here is an excerpt from the article.

Playing pool with Tyson an eight-month-old African Caracal at his home in Melrose, Florida

The future of his facility and others like it across the USA is being challenged by a petition seeking a federal ban on licensees who allow the public to have direct or physical contact with big cats

       He has been bitten on the nose by a leopard and had his shoulder separated after wrestling with a full-grown Bengal tiger.

But Carl Bovard, who is blind in one eye, believes living with 14 big cats including two lions, six tigers and a desert lynx, is a risk worth taking to raise awareness about endangered species. 

They all spend time living in his Florida home before moving into the outside enclosure and are seen clambering over the pool table and cuddling up in his bed

With Sita a six-year old Asian Black Leopard, one of the animals he believes his organisation is helping 

          After an accident left him blind around 13 years ago, Mr Bovard realised the main thing he missed was seeing animals – so when he regained sight in one eye he adopted his first two tiger cubs.The 43-year-old set up Single Vision – his educational, non-profit company – nine years ago and welcomes tours to his house and 274-acre garden in Melrose where his animals live with him.

'There are many dangers that come with keeping these animals and you've just got to take all the precautions you can to stay safe,' said Mr Bovard.

'There's no doubt about the fact that death would be the worst outcome from this. I know I'm dicing with death.

He enjoys playing and wrestling with Sampson in his back yard, even though he weighs more than 700lbs

Some people sure know how to follow their dreams, what about you?