I like lions, but I would say a cougar because we have a lot of them around here, so if I live in the mountains, it won't be very strange to see them here!

it was soo hard to choose ;[
so i picked tiger ;D

Cat because, well, I have cats. They're reasonably low-maintenance pets compared to a lot of them. Would never want a coyote - at least not an eastern coyote. Eastern coyotes are NASTY and psychotic I swear. O.o The ones out west are smaller too. I seriously think the eastern coyote is really just a high content coydog from natural interbreeding... because we have a lot of feral dog packs where there's still a ton of farmland around here. o.o;;

Wolf would be a decent start into the wild animal foray for me because I know dogs fairly well, I've read a frigging ton on wolves, know canine behavior to the point I can usually communicate with them on their level so it'd be an easy step for me.

I actually want to, if I ever have enough money, start a mini refuge type thing, to take in exotics people thought would make good pets and found out they couldn't handle them. My bf and I have already talked about space requirements and limits of how many of which types of animals we would allow, to keep ourselves from getting in too deep. No more than 2 tigers (for which he'd be the primary handler more than likely, if only for the fact that he's bigger and stronger) - and if we took in 2 they'd have to be brothers or a mated pair or somesuch (and would dang well go into the vet so they couldn't have cubs - unless we have the capacity for rerelease there's no sense in breeding as far as I'm concerned). No more than 3 foxes - and the foxes are probably what I'd start with as far as the rescue goes because I know someone that has a pair she does VERY well with, and she's already "threatened" to let me in the enclosure with the brattier of the two. lol

But, well, we've both handled wild animals before... hell, his cat is part bobcat (about 1/4, not an intentional mix - grandmommy was a barn cat and apparently wandered in the woods a bit...). INSANELY smart cat which makes him occasionally difficult, but thankfully we're both versed enough in animal behavior (I'm looking to get into it as a career) that he's pretty well behaved here with us. Usually. lol

In any case, if we did the whole rescue thing, none of them would be "pets". We'd treat them as well as any other furry family, but with the understanding that they are still nondomestic animals and need to be treated as such, with proper space, diet, and mental stimulation. Granted even our pets we don't consider pets so much as family. We're still in charge, but it's a different way of looking at it. Rather than owner/master and pet, they're kinda fuzzy kids. lol But, well, my parents raised me treating animals that way - my childhood dog was just another sister, just with fur and ate different stuff and had some different rules to follow. But my parents freaked just as much when they had to take her to the vet as they did when they took my sister or I to the doctor. So many people don't believe that's possible, to love a pet the same way you'd love a child. My parents are proof you can. I love them for that, and for passing that on to me.

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I would rather own something less dangerous than the things listed above.
Btw, the fish was interpreted as piranha. >X)

dragon~

I love it when you draw different animals! So me don't matter , your art is just the BOMB!

I already own a cat so I want a lion. I want it really, really bad XD

I already own cats, rats, fish and snakes...so I chose the komodo dragon. That would be boss.

I'd own all of them except a cat and a fish (I've owned them before, time for something new. Just kidding. )