The Internet's favorite slow-moving mammals are coming to a computer screen near you, thanks to Animalist and Animal Planet. For six days, beginning on June 20, any sloth-loving person (so, all persons) will be able to see adorable footage from the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica.

Source: Rejoice! Sloth Week Is Coming to a Computer Near You

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While most people tend to use their garden as a place of relaxation, Janice Haley chooses to use her backyard as a place to keep her two pet tigers.

Saber, a 600 pound male white Bengal tiger and Janda, a 400 pound orange Bengal female live in a cage at the back of Mrs Haley's unassuming suburban home in Orlando, Florida.

Each day, the 57-year-old hand feeds the tigers as well as stroking and feeding them and says Saber, the younger tiger, can't get off to sleep without suckling on her finger.

Mrs Haley quit her job as an admin assistant to spend more time working outdoors around 20 years ago and then took a tiger training course, which she spotted in her local newspaper.

Source: Florida woman keeps two big cats in her garden and treats them like normal pets | Mail Online

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Exotic pet ownership is a very complicated and often controversial relationship that is often portrayed and understood in a narrow and simplistic way. The animals are far from wild. Captive-bred for many generations, these animals can commonly be found in the homes and backyards of places like Indiana, Ohio, Florida, and Texas.

There are committed and caring people who own monkeys, chimpanzees, lions, tigers, cougar, poisonous reptiles, bears, lemurs, kangaroos, bobcats, alligators, hedgehogs, and one with a capybara, a 130-pound rodent found commonly in Brazil.

Surprisingly, very few of these people are advocates for owning an exotic pet, in fact, most said their best advice would be to tell people not to get an exotic pet. This wasn’t based in regret but issued as a cautionary note for potential owners about the extraordinary responsibility and commitment required to care for these animals.

Source: Skunk Lovers Unite: A Look at Pets and Their People | PROOF

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