I've often wondered about these "Adopt a Tiger/Lion/Leopard" schemes that zoos sometimes run. If they actually let you take the cat you adopt home, it would be fantastic. Imagine the door to door chuggers running back to their mates going "Don't go to that house, they set the cat on me"
I used to think that you could take the animal home too.
Just imagine, one night the sponsor scheme delivered the pack, and you was disappointed with getting a stuffed teddy instead of the real thing. So next, you phoned them up;
"Hi, this is -insert random charity name here-, how may we help?"
"Well, um, I decided to sponsor your charity to adopt your animal, and instead, I got this sorry excuse of a teddy instead; who am I, 5?"
"We apologise for any inconvenience, perhaps you'd want to return it for another teddy"
"Sure! Hey, by the way, can I return it for the real thing instead?!"
"We're sorry, but by law, we don't allow wild pets to take residence in peoples houses"
"Well, f*ck the law" and you quickly hang up the phone.
Good negotiation practice!

