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27th Sep 2013

Video: Bonkers Brazilians? This family live with seven tigers

We think it’s a cat idea, but every family to their own.

JOE

We think it’s a cat idea, but every family to their own.

Not everyone is a fan of having cats around the house. We can’t imagine too many are envious of this family that house seven tigers. Yes, seven tigers.

Ary Borges is not your conventional animal lover. The dad-of-three rescued two tigers from a circus eight years ago and has added another five to make it a full house.

Borges revealed he has little fears for his three daughters, wife and himself for that matter, with the girls feeding meat directly into the mouths of the fully-grown cats as they join their human friends in the kitchen for dinner.

“I was never worried about my daughters co-existing with these animals,” he told The Express.

“You have to show the animals respect and love – that’s how you get it back from them.”

We’re not sure if he has balls of steel or is simply a few sandwiches short of the full picnic, but here is a video of the crazy living arrangements.

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