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As someone who volunteered at the Caroline Tiger Rescue, unfortunately there are more tigers being raised in the US as pets than there are in the wild. Two of the tigers at the sanctuary were just sort of walking down the road in America when they were rescued. It's bad man.

"Three of their three children: John, John's brother, and his daughter"
I think there's a favorite here

I’ve seen this movie because my dad had a VHS copy. The story and acting are goofy for sure, but it’s also horrifying because you legitimately see people scared for their lives and really getting hurt on screen.

15:40 no wonder the lion turned around like “BITCH!” They were grabbing its tail. This movie sounds insane. I’m surprised no one DIED

'The Wizard of Oz' was insanely dangerous to film, the paint they used to make the witch was toxic, the costumes were really heavy and hot and they used a heap of extra lights so everyone was fainting. The props would sometimes explode and send people to the hospital. It's a horror show to read about

"No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70 cast and crew members were."
Legendary quote.

True story: Tippi Hedren’s most noteworthy movie is Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” which has a scene where she is attacked by crows, ravens, gulls and other birds. Because this was the 60s, the way they shot it was by having crew members FLING ACTUAL BIRDS AT HER. She almost lost an eye and called that part of the shoot the worst week of her life…and then 10-15 years later decided that shooting Roar without any safety precautions was a good idea.

Fun fact: Raising wild animals alongside humans INCREASES the risk of attacks, because it conditions them to view humans as slower weaker members of their own species and not as a potential predator. They (generally) won't attack the humans they live with, because they'll (usually) have imprinted on them as family (assuming the humans don't behave in ways that would provoke aggression within the animal's family unit), but you know how your dog reacts when the mailman is at the door? Imagine that but with tigers.

Roar was actually a horror movie, the plot is that the lions turn on the humans and hunt them off one by one. You also didn’t mention how one of their daughters needed facial reconstruction surgery after being mauled by one of the tigers, after already leaving set in fear once and being convinced by her parents to come back. Truly insane story.

The article says that the creators of the film raised the cubs with their children to ‘minimise’ the amount of injuries rather than eliminate them - they had already made peace with the fact that there would be casualties

I cannot believe that "no animals were harmed but 70 crew members were harmed" is the ACTUAL TAGLINE of the movie

At 14:40 you're not wrong; That's Tippi Hedren getting her ankle actually snapped in half by Tembo. In the scene, she starts letting out these really loud and pained screams, and apparently that was the moment Tembo broke her ankle, and they kept it in the film. Not only that but afterwards she ended up getting gangrene from the injuries.

I have seen this movie, and yes it's literally 2 or so hours of people being attacked by big cats, it's nothing short of insane.

“We should really stop filming this movie.”

Director: “If we do that, we show our fear, and then the lions win. Is that what you want?!”

i have a feeling this movie could've easily been animated. wouldn't be any better but probably significantly safer

15:38 the fact no animal rescuers or similar protested this movie is insane.  if you don’t know the tail is directly connected to an animals spine, if you pull on it you could completely disable the animal.  that’s why any kids from homes with pets probably remember adults telling/yelling at you to be careful with their tails and don’t pull on their tails

I don’t know if anyone else remembers the movie “Secondhand Lions” but I loved it as a kid and this video made me want to look up what the filming for that movie was like and I found this quote, “Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. The lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig might be a menace.”

"No animals were harmed in the making of the movie 70 cast and crew members were" what an absolute line 😭

I find it absolutely insane that Tippi Hedren, after being traumatized from The Birds movie from being attacked by real birds, went ahead and did this movie. Girl must of never wanted to work with animals ever again