When I was a kid I was crazy fascinated by this couple that raised 2 tigers on an island, Stenön, just outside Stockholm in 1983. We even went to look at them during one holiday. They were called Rani and Lillan.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkau8Kt5IJ4[/youtube]

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I did not get to touch them though.