Tippi Hedren – Lion
During the 1970s actress and model Tippi Hedren decided to open a sanctuary for big cats just 30 miles outside LA. However, Tippi and her family became really fond of a lion called Neil (NEIL!) and decided to take it home to live with them.
Tippi bizarrely often let Neil sleep in the same bed as her then 14-year-old daughter, Melanie Griffith, and has since said that she was super foolish to do so.
“I cringe when I see those pictures now,” she told the Daily Mail. “I have to tell you we were stupid beyond belief. We should never have taken those risks.”
In 2007, one of the caretakers at Tippi’s sanctuary was mauled by a tiger, forcing her to think again about their unusual house pet.