The Story of Roar; The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made

Owning a Pet

Owning a bear or a leopard (or to a lesser extent, a dog) as a domestic pet, is a way of bringing the wild into our “civilized” lives. Even though people like to believe that our civilization is free of predators and violent animals, that is not the case.

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Human civilization is still ridden with predators that possess malice and ill intent. So, in a way, owning a pet is accepting the truth: our most domesticated, homey, “civilized” places are filled with predators.

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