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Oct. 10, 1955 - No Pussy Cat For Amelia - She Prefers A Lion: No home is complete without a cat around the house, but when the house is a caravan and the cat is a large, frisky, 6-months-old lion, it might not sound like everybody's idea of domestic bliss. But the Smith family are used to lions for Mr. Jack Smith has been lion laming 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. Smith took over. She reared Whappa on the bottle and although he's got teeth and claws now which can do a lot of damage, Amelia still plays with him like a kitten. What does Amelia want to do when she grown up? She wants to be a lion tamer of course and her father thinks she has the makings of a good one. These pictures were taken at Plamstad where Jack Smith and his lions are appearing in Sangers Circus. When it's raining, Amelia takes Whappa inside her caravan home and the couple have great fun romping and playing
