Man Who Wanted \u201cFull-Contact Experience\u201d With Leopard Sues After Getting One<\/a><\/h2>\nOct 30, 2020 01:52 pm | Kevin<\/h4>\n
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I suppose an \u201cassumption of risk\u201d category is long overdue here, but in any event, welcome to the first official member of that category.<\/em><\/p>\nOthers will be added retroactively, nor is this at all likely to be the last one.<\/em><\/p>\nAccording to numerous<\/a> reports<\/a> today<\/a>, a 50-year-old Florida man has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was mauled by a leopard at an animal sanctuary, and that the owner is responsible for allowing him to have full contact with this dangerous animal.<\/em><\/p>\nThis is even though he not only asked for full contact with this dangerous animal, he paid $150 to get it.<\/em><\/p>\nAccording to the reports, Michael Poggi, who owns Poggi\u2019s Animal House\u2014though its Facebook page is now offline\u2014promised the man a \u201cfull-contact experience\u201d with a black leopard, said experience to include the opportunity to \u201cplay with it, rub its belly and take pictures.\u201d But, as a reporter says with an entirely straight face in the video on this page<\/a>, the man now claims that \u201cwhen he signed up for this one-on-one experience with a leopard, an attack was not part of that plan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nIt probably was not part of the leopard\u2019s plan, either, it\u2019s just the kind of thing leopards do. They might let you play with them and rub their bellies, or they might try to rip your scalp off. They\u2019re unpredictable that way, something I think is pretty widely known. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission apparently believes this, at least, because leopards are considered \u201cClass I wildlife<\/a>\u201d in Florida, along with other animals that \u201cpose a significant danger to people\u201d and, potentially, their scalps. In addition to leopards, Class I includes tigers, lions, bears, rhinos, most crocodiles, komodo dragons, and apes such as chimpanzees, which may wear funny hats on TV but in real life might try to eat your face. Under Florida law, you must have a permit to exhibit any of these animals to the public, much less allow the public to hug them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What would any of us animal watchers do without human beings for derisive laughter? We certainly don’t get that from the non-human animals who exhibit natural intelligence, especially when interconnecting with human animals. Instead of exhibiting any natural intelligence of … Continue reading
<\/p>\nOthers will be added retroactively, nor is this at all likely to be the last one.<\/em><\/p>\n According to numerous<\/a> reports<\/a> today<\/a>, a 50-year-old Florida man has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was mauled by a leopard at an animal sanctuary, and that the owner is responsible for allowing him to have full contact with this dangerous animal.<\/em><\/p>\n This is even though he not only asked for full contact with this dangerous animal, he paid $150 to get it.<\/em><\/p>\n According to the reports, Michael Poggi, who owns Poggi\u2019s Animal House\u2014though its Facebook page is now offline\u2014promised the man a \u201cfull-contact experience\u201d with a black leopard, said experience to include the opportunity to \u201cplay with it, rub its belly and take pictures.\u201d But, as a reporter says with an entirely straight face in the video on this page<\/a>, the man now claims that \u201cwhen he signed up for this one-on-one experience with a leopard, an attack was not part of that plan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n It probably was not part of the leopard\u2019s plan, either, it\u2019s just the kind of thing leopards do. They might let you play with them and rub their bellies, or they might try to rip your scalp off. They\u2019re unpredictable that way, something I think is pretty widely known. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission apparently believes this, at least, because leopards are considered \u201cClass I wildlife<\/a>\u201d in Florida, along with other animals that \u201cpose a significant danger to people\u201d and, potentially, their scalps. In addition to leopards, Class I includes tigers, lions, bears, rhinos, most crocodiles, komodo dragons, and apes such as chimpanzees, which may wear funny hats on TV but in real life might try to eat your face. Under Florida law, you must have a permit to exhibit any of these animals to the public, much less allow the public to hug them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What would any of us animal watchers do without human beings for derisive laughter? We certainly don’t get that from the non-human animals who exhibit natural intelligence, especially when interconnecting with human animals. Instead of exhibiting any natural intelligence of … Continue reading