A family member of the Toraja ethnic group prepares the bodies of exhumed relatives from a community burial site to be cleaned and dressed in a series of traditional ceremonies honouring the dead known as Manene at Torea village, in North Toraja, Indonesia's South Sulawesi on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Andri Saputra/AFP Photo)

A Palestinian boy drinks water from a bucket near the site of his family's tented home, which according to Palestinians was dismantled by Israeli forces in Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 2, 2021. (Photo by Raneen Sawafta/Reuters)

A rickshaw puller waits for customers during heavy rainfall in Kathmandu, Nepal, 28 May 2021. As Government stricken nationwide lockdown from 28 May 2021 to control coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection and deaths, low-income families are struggling to cater for their daily lives. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)

Children listen to speakers as U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden host a barbeque with active-duty military families on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. (Photo by Julia Nikhinson/Reuters)

A child reacts as a family takes a break next to a cooling mist at the Sensoji temple as Japanese government issued heat stroke alerts in 39 of the country's 47 prefectures in Tokyo, Japan on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

An injured Palestinian demonstrator is helped during a protest against the planned evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)

Tony Hilliard, left, and his family expose themselves to the elements as Hurricane Ida begins to make landfall, Sunday, August 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La. (Photo by Eric Gay/AP Photo)

In the 1970′s, actress and model Tippi Hedren (mother of actress Melanie Griffith) created the Shambala Preserve after producing the film Roar. The preserve rescued exotic big cats living in captivity that had been abused or were in need of help, one of which the family created a close bond with. Neil the lion lived with the family in their home, and played an active role in the day to day activities of the preserve.