Once you give him that big piece of meat
we'll see the killer come out.
Big males have all tried to kill me,
I don't see it as a career
I see it as a lifestyle.
Today is feeding day,
We're going to see the real lion in them come out
Hello Mikey Mike?
How's it?
Come
Let's go.
Look you can fly.
amazing eh?
Why don't you leave?
I've got to get a job somewhere else.
We've had him since he was a fledgling
and he won't leave.
The reason he's kept in an aviary
most of the times is
because he's so destructive in the houses.
**** my computer.
destroys the kitchen.
My name is Luke Cornell,
I'm an animal trainer for the film industry.
We've got lions, cheetahs, hyenas,
we've got monkeys, zebras, ostriches,
meerkats, we've got snakes,
geese, ducks, chickens,
peacocks,
yeah we've got quite a menagerie.
The first movie I did was in 1988.
I was catching snakes and bringing them to
set and finding animals left right and center
I had no idea you could make a career out of it.
This is a custom built studio,
we built for the animals
and doubles as the indoor training arena.
We've got all the tricks
to make things happen.
Come here.
The caracul and the leopard
are the only cats that kill for fun.
so they kill more than they can eat,
their speed and agility
if they see you've got food
in your hand they'll fly to you.
The only time they're dangerous is when they're cornered,
they'll definitely hurt you.
A caracul ...
might come at you
and make you bleed, it's not going to kill you,
a lion is going to kill you.
Shane: You must think straight when you work with primates,
Primates are very difficult,
anything can upset them.
Aaron: They can go wrong with them very quickly,
but they're very clever
so you can teach them a lot of things.
Aaron: We have known Luke
for about 4 years.
Luke: Good boy,
Catch.
Here,
Catch.
This is Ulu,
he's nine years old, he's a male
was a rescue
Rocket's chirping in the corner over there he's 11.
What we've been doing here is exercising them
we try to this a minimum of twice a week.
Aaron: The reason why we exercise the animals,
is to keep them healthy
and happy.
We do that by getting a winch
that's connected to a car battery
and then pull out a fluffy toy.
And then on cue we'll just
let the cheetah out
and push the button,
and the cheetah will chase the toy.
Shane: At the end there get a small piece of meat
on a bait stick as a reward.
and when he gets into his enclosure again
then he gets a big piece.
Luke: You can hear him purring,
happy cat.
come here,
sit down,
sit,
Sit.
Good boy.
Beautiful.
So this is the non vegan
section.
Owning apex predators means
that you need to feed them fresh meat
and this is where we keep our fresh meat.
That's what one lion will eat
at least twice a week
Today is feeding day
you will see the real lion in them comes out,
and the two big males eat separately.
The big males we feed through a food chute.
There's no hands on thing
with a big piece of meat and a lion
they'll kill you for it.
You'll see the difference between
the lions when they
just interacting or walking around
but once you give them that big piece of meat,
the real lion in them comes out
and you'll see the killer come out.
They can storm you, attack you
You know the big males have all tried to kill me.
but the bottom line is that you just need to distract them.
when we feed a full carcass,
when we have to drag it in by vehicle,
on a trailer
and then they really become acrobatic.
They kill it all over again.
We're just going to react a little work session,
we'll let the one lion out
we'll take him around,
We'll put him up in a [inaudible]
We'll take it for a trip,
we'll load him, we unload him
just to give him bit of repetition.
load up, come on up.
Little the lion
has got seriously bad attitude
he'll go for you, you know?
Come on up, let's go
Let's go come, come.
I don't see it as a career I see it as a lifestyle.
The animals have enabled me to
live my dream.
What happens is
a kind of co-existence with
the animals
enable us to earn a living
to support the animals.
and the animals enjoy it.
every animal on the farm
I have some form of relationship with.
I'm proud of the fact that we've managed to support a lot of animals here,
in that we offer them
what I hope is a happy and secure lifestyle.
I've spent 15 years building this.
I don't have a lot of material things
I'm very happy.
more importantly my animals are happy.
It's this or
or nothing you know?