A Melvin, Kentucky family is fighting to keep their pet lion, Kitty.
Melissa Collins, mother of three children ranging from five to one year old, says that Kitty is "my kid." Kitty is kept in a 300 square-foot chain-link cage. The Collins bought him at a flea market when he was a mere five pounds; he now weighs more than 400 lbs.(Can you imagine what it must cost to feed him?)
The county wants to force the Collins to find Kitty a new home, citing a new law that forbids "inherently dangerous" animals that is up for vote in the State Senate today. If it passes, Kitty would no longer be allowed to live in the rural neighborhood.
Some of the Collins neighbors expressed fear. One neighbor said, "Everybody here keeps their guns loaded."
Other folks don't seem to mind too much.
April Osborne defended Kitty: "I think they should be able to keep it — anything can turn on you. That thing is a big old baby."
The Collins do have a state permit to bring the lion into Kentucky and a license to keep it in Floyd County.
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