I said I wanted a Jaguar...
SOME motorists are happy with an engine that purrs. Others want a car with a little more... bite.
These two brothers have got just that – an African lion that travels with them on the back seat of their motor.
Hamzah and Hassan Hussain, from Karachi in Pakistan, have been raising the beast ‘like a brother’ since he was two weeks old. The restaurateurs call the 26-month-old big cat Simba, after the character in Disney’s animated movie The Lion King. Hassan said: ‘He was born on our farm and his mother couldn’t feed him the milk so I brought him into our home.
‘He’s like my baby, so that’s why I’m not afraid with him. I can put my hands in his mouth.’ Hamzah added: ‘If he’s with someone he knows, he’s fine. If a new person is around they’ll need to stand still to be OK. If they shout or run then he might bite.’ Asiatic lions are still found in India but have been extinct in Pakistan since the mid-1800s. The government, however, issues permits to import wild animals from Africa and a number of wealthy individuals have set up private farms.
But owners have a big job on their hands feeding their pet – as Simba eats five kilos of beef daily. Perhaps the only hazard for the brothers... is avoiding a zebra crossing.