I helped with the SPCA (Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals) here. Once rescued exotic lion (not me personally) our group stole her from her captor and kept her at the local vets (was zoo vet, too) and she was a secret. Went into vets one day and all these locals sitting in waiting room and the lion is roaring and not one of them looked up. My friend and I darn near died laughing when we got into the back room. Big kitty? Lion is now thriving at local zoo. Once I carried a weapon to do a 'rescue' - crazy times. Once took hay to a starving horse and this large pit bull came to the fence - he was dangerous looking, but when he saw the oats, he actually became friendly. He knew. We had to feed very slowly and it was a precious time. Glad owner wasn't home. Sorry if off topic.