Dakota Johnson's Grandmother, Tippi Hedren, Owns 13 Lions and Tigers

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Step aside, Tiger King. Tippi Hedren, the mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson, still collects big cats

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[milotic2]

I have this ex friend that has like a cheetah, a lion and a couple of wolves as pets

[milotic2]

And to answer your question, I’d love to have a three toed sloth, they’re ugly cute and unintentionally hilarious

[tucker]

Lmaooo I love them

[devourlove]

lmao i am weirded out by this type of sloth in particular and can't fathom why. like this picture

[ms_mmelissa]

In a dream world where you could own any animal safely and humanely, what would it be?

I love monkeys so I'd love to own a golden lion tamarin or a pigmy marmoset.

[hjalmartazar]

Love monkeys. I follow this primate sanctuary and I wish I could befriend all of them! especially love this one, Patty

It's #GivingTuesdayNow #GivingTuesday, a very important day for us! Can you chip in a donation to help our monkeys, retired from lab research and rescued from the pet trade? Pictured here is Patty the patas monkey. We are grateful for you! https://t.co/PZDO5r0aaP pic.twitter.com/1MaTaCFPpQ
- Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary (@okprimates) May 5, 2020

[delleve]

I thought she was holding an iPhone here and was about to take a bomb selfie.

[presidentmlissa]

I love non human primates so much. When I worked in veterinary med, one of our clients was a primate sanctuary and another was a big cat sanctuary so we had like gibbons and lynxes as patients. It was great.

[shewas23]

Wasn't she afraid of birds?? But she owns lions and tigers? lmao

[sarahvma]

...is Tippi Hedren's granddaughter really afraid of birds and how did I miss this?

[flying_pandas]

Wasn't Melanie attacked by a big cat at some point? Or am I inventing that in my head. I'm going to google.

ETA: She was. Apparently they all made a movie together with the cats and a bunch of people were injured. https://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/roar-tippi-hedren-people-hurt-insane-movie-1201748012/

[thrysus]

yeah, it was on the set of the movie Roar, which was made by her mum Tippi and Tippi's then-husband:

"But Hedren says the number is actually much lower, though it’s difficult to argue with hard and fast evidence that the injuries that were sustained were grievous. (From our own deep dive on the film: “cinematographer Jan de Bont was scalped, requiring 220 stitches; Griffith was mauled by a lion, which required facial reconstructive surgery; an A.D. narrowly escaped death when a lion missed his jugular by an inch; Hedren, who was also attacked by birds on the set of “The Birds,” endured a fractured leg and multiple scalp wounds; and Marshall himself was wounded so many times that he was hospitalized with gangrene.”)"

ETA: sorry, didn't refresh before replying!

[drunkenclaudius]

These people are insane

[devourlove]

omfg

[progression]

I read about this then other day and the way she talks about it like it's normal. Whew, the privilege.

I also read that it's supposed to be a legit sanctuary. Hopefully that's true.