Me too Sundae. I feel a little queasy when I look at those pictures. I mean...it's a beautiful image, very powerful, but wrong. Just very wrong.

The jungle king, ridden for our amusement.

Its a gorgeous cat, just gorgeous, but it is a sad picture just the same.

leaping lion
 

Crazy Russian, tricks are for kids

I see your point, but looking a TV shows about lions and how they live, I rarely see one as healthy as this cat. It makes me wonder if this guy isn't better off than his brethren in Africa.
Granted he's not living a "normal" life, but neither is Prince Charles, and many would trade places with him, given their druthers.

He does look healthy, and if he were in a breeding programme, or a safari park I'd agree with you. Sometimes nature is a cold hearted bitch with blood on her teeth. But it still bothers me to see a wild animal used in this way, for a rather tawdry form of entertainment. Just not to my taste.

PS - are you saying that many men out there want a go on Camilla? Lucky girl...

No, his options not choices. :haha:

The thing is though, if these types of animals weren't exploited this way, community awareness would be much lower, and therefor lead to less public interest which of course then leads to less public dollars.

My peta was naked the other night...:p

What a coincidence!