VIDEO: “We Live with 220 Lions and Tigers!”

Animal lover Jeff Lowe provides care and shelter to more than 220 big cats – and they live in his back garden. 51-year-old Jeff owns the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma, one of the largest private zoos in the world that rescues and protects over 500 wild animals. Jeff and his fiancé, Lauren Dropla, spend their days closely interacting with the most dangerous animals, walking and petting them.

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It might sound like a lottery winner’s top wish – to run a private zoo filled with beautiful rescue animals.

Jeff Lowe is living that dream everyday as he provides a life of luxury to more than 220 big cats , who he even drives around in his Ferrari.

The 51-year-old owns the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma, one of the largest private zoos in the world that rescues and protects more than 500 wild animals, from tigers and lions to bears and crocodiles.

Jeff, a multimillionaire, spends his days closely interacting with the most dangerous animals, walking them on leads inside his cabin house and playing in and around their enclosures.

He even takes his smaller tigers to the vets in his Ferrari.

Jeff said: “People think we are nuts because we own lions and tigers.”

“I’m satisfied here. I’m back into the wild and this is what I love to do. It’s pretty awesome when you wake up and step out your front door to see lions and tigers.”

Jeff bought the zoo in February 2016 as his love for propagating the safety of animals developed.

His 25-year-old fiance Lauren Dropla feels the same affection for the cats as she offers a helping hand with maintaining the park on a daily basis.

Jeff made his millions from owning a chain of discount retail stores in the south of the United States before going on to manage Evel and Robbie Knievel for a number of years and touring the world with the daredevil stuntmen.

But now, Jeff has returned to his roots in the animal trade and gets his burst of adrenaline from a different source.

Jeff remains totally aware of how dangerous these animals are and this was recently confirmed when a male lion called Jax, a life-long pet to Jeff, suddenly turned on him and bit a chunk out of his arm.

Jeff said: “When you see an animal of this size and you raise him to the size of Jax, you never expect him to turn on you like that. It was pretty close, I didn’t think he was going to kill me but you never do.”

The Greater Wynnewood Park recently rescued a mighty 47 cats in just one day – five of which were pregnant.

Jeff’s grandfather trained cats in the 1940s and now he takes pride in carrying on the family tradition.

He added: “We provide 3,000 pounds of meat a day to our animals.”

“We are now going to expand the zoo and build on the land we have just bought and bring in some elephants and giraffes.”

“I’d rather die in one of these cages with my animals than anywhere else.”

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