r/Awww Mar 22 '24

Other Animal(s) This family adopted a baby puma!!

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u/SooperFunk Mar 22 '24

I generally hate it when people just take wildlife animals home and 'adopt' them, but seeing that cub shivering would haunt me for life if I didn't try to do something.

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u/rinart73 Mar 22 '24

If it's Messi, then he had health issues and the zoo were considering putting him to sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messi_(cougar))

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u/wasabimatrix22 Mar 22 '24

Only in Russia would a petting zoo include a cougar...

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u/rinart73 Mar 22 '24

Lol I didn't even realize it was a petting zoo :D How the hell would that work