Teaching Wild Animals to Swim
- Posted by Alex Ion in Animals
Aug 26,2008
For all those that thought cats can’t swim we have news for you. They can if they are being taught, and that’s exactly what Dr Bhagavan Antle did for the last 25 years.
A young lion cub is being taught how to swim
Tiger loves to get his paws wet for a good swim
Baby orangutan learns how to swim
A swimming tapir, enjoys life underwater
Born in Arizona on a vast cattle ranch and with a passion for wild and exotic animals, Dr Bhagavan Antle is now the director of T.I.G.E.R.S and is considered one of the foremost animal trainers in the country with more than 350 bit cats trained for movies, TV commercials, and live performances. Would we have fun if tigers would play with us? Probably not!
I salute his lions swimming lessons but I think animals should be left alone in their natural habitat and not used to entertain humans.
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12 Responses to “Teaching Wild Animals to Swim”
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Wow, big words from the blogger about animal rights. This looks pretty benign, if it were legal for everyone to have exotic pets and they were more tame I think there would be a lot of households with them. We already have an epidemic of cats and their feral tendencies. I can’t imagine a 200 pound cat crapping in my closet. nasty.
“I salute his lions swimming lessons but I think animals should be left alone in their natural habitat and not used to entertain humans.”
Seriously?
Get over yourself.
These animals were not born in the wild. Their “natural habitat” is a zoo.
Humans are always getting in the way of animals…but it’s better to try to make a contribution in the long run than to leave them to sink or swim…literally.
Good post, Alex
they never mentioned any camels swimming but i definitely saw a camel toe in the first picture!
We teach our children to swim mainly in case they fall into the drink, they won’t drown with any luck.
The same principle applies to critters.
Wow, never have i seen such a waste of time.
Whoa. That’s a tiger not a lion. And um….has her bikini bottom slipped in the first photo there?
Joe, first one is a lion and the second one, a tiger
Very nice!
very cool. I like the white tiger, it is very cute like a pussy.
Big kitties are so cute, they just need hugs.
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