Animals - Aquariums - Archeology - Insects - Fossils - Zoos
Feb. 26 Fourteen Year Old Amelia Prefers A Lion - As A Pet: No home is complete without a cat around the house - but when the house is a caravan - and the cat is a large, frisky months old lion - it is not everybody's idea of domestic bliss. But the Smith family are used to lions - for Mr. Jack Smith has been a lion tamer for 25 years. On Christmas Eve last year there were two additions to the Smith troupe of lions. Wallace and Whappa were born, but Fatima, the mother would have nothing to do with Whappa and that was when Amelia 14 year old daughter of Mr. Jack Smith took over. She reared Whappa on the bottle and although he has got teeth and claws thats now can do a lot of damage, Amelia still plays with him like a kitten. Amelia loves lions and her-greatest ambition is to follow in daddy's footsteps - as a lion tamer. The Smiths are toning with Sanger's Circus. Photo shows Amelia Smith needs no fur wrap for furry Whappa fills that role quite satisfactorily
