A Pakistani content creator, aka human-role, shared a video showing him trying to pet a pet cheetah. The video went viral and then its creator was blasted online by users. Cheetahs are endangered due to habitat loss and viruses from domestic cats, and these animals have had to be reintroduced to environments from which they had become extinct.
Nouman Hassan often posts videos of various wild animals as pets, including tigers, snakes and crocodiles. He lives in Lahore and accordingly with Pakistani website he “owns” a lion he bought at auction from the city zoo.
The cheetah was sitting on a couch between two men, the one to the right of the cheetah being the content creator and wildlife owner. Nouman found somewhere the right to pet the cheetah, as he would pet a cat. With the difference that even the cat can run away from you if you don’t treat it with respect. The cheetah can puzzle you.
The heroic feline gave him a warning fart with closed claws, enough for him to learn to behave and the passive animal abuse content creator was forced to move away. The next day – because hope always dies last – it would be good to lie down, to stop the “hobby” with wild animals.
Fortunately, most social media users are criticizing him
Numan often faces criticism on social media for petting wild animals such as tigers and lions, with many users calling it “cruel”. One user echoed that sentiment in response to a recent video, commenting: “So cruel to this beautiful animal. It should be in their natural environment. Just so hard.”
Many others reiterated the self-evident for anyone over the age of 5 that “wild animals should remain in their natural habitat.” One user comment read: “Why are they allowed to keep these animals locked up? They deserve to be attacked’ and this is true in the same way that when prey attacks hunters, the internet celebrates. “The cheapest people in the world are those who keep WILD ANIMALS as pets. Money can’t buy physical order or morality,” said another.
It is characteristic that after the big cat’s honest pappa, the man cast a strange look at the cheetah full of wonder. Later, he shows everyone the spot where the cheetah attacked him, letting it be known that the feline let out a warning with its claws closed. Something that all cats (small-big) have that are aware of how sharp their claws are and don’t use them much in play or pick them up in warning bulls to troublemakers.
From things like humans invading and expanding into wild animals’ natural environment or destroying their habitats, human contact with wild animals will become more and more frequent, so it’s best not to do it on purpose.
