We have said this for the longest time, of course, but we will reiterate because we think it's appropriate at this moment. One day, without a doubt, we will end up on the news for trying to pet something that we should not have. At least I will. As someone who gets irrationally excited about every single cat, wild and housecat, and also as someone who gets jealous of every other person who gets to have a bond with a big cat that we can't have… yes, I'll end up on the news for trying to pet a lion or something.
Why do some people get to be part of a lion pack and I cannot? Why do some people choose their profession so early on that they can help raise cheetahs and then have bonds with them for life? Why couldn't I? These are questions that I ask myself every time I see something like that. And so if I were these people in this story, who somehow came across a drowning wild cat in the ocean and got to save it, then yes, I, too, would have petted that big cat. When life gives you lemons… you must accept that you may have lost a finger or two in the process and then make that lemonade.
And hey, what they did might have been dangerous, but we hope that every one of us would have done the same. Maybe the petting was overboard, but they did save this wild cat, and that is what matters at the end of the day.