10 Celebs Who Personal Fully Surprising Pets

Discover out what sort of animals these stars personal…

Kristen Stewart grew up elevating wolf-hybrids, a ardour that first started together with her mother. The household owned a number of of the animals with none points till 2013 when one in all Kristen’s neighbors started harassing her for “harboring wolves.” Kristen ended up having to file a lawsuit to get a restraining order towards the person. She defined that the pets aren’t “one hundred pc wolves locked up someplace they shouldn’t be” and are licensed and authorized.

“I’m a really personal particular person and attempt to stay that means, however, when somebody threatens me, or my animals, by myself property — I’ll retaliate, which is what I did by acquiring a restraining order from the superior court docket,” she instructed Us Weekly.

She continued, “The sincere fact concerning the animals is, years in the past I rescued a number of wolf-hybrids, they usually reside on a big open piece of property stuffed with bushes. These animals are completely authorized within the state of California…They’re not pets, they’re extra like companions. They’re loyal, they’re massive, they’re fully socialized, they’re licensed, they’re authorized for me to have them, and I really like them!”

Earlier than Kirstie Alley’s passing she owned 14 lemurs, an animal she fell in love with whereas engaged on conservation efforts of their native Madagascar. Whereas she stated the animals had been “zen,” she famous that they had been a “large accountability” as a result of they’ll reside as much as 30 years and require “meticulous” care. Kristie even had a full-time caretaker for the animals.

“I began out [having] lemurs as a result of they’re an important animal, and I used to be very fascinated by conservation in Madagascar and saving rainforests and forests,” she instructed Folks. “It’s truly very easy in Los Angeles, as a result of the local weather is sort of similar. After which I simply fell in love with them…They actually sit round, they usually appear to be they’re sitting within the lotus place virtually, they usually’re chilled out.”

Salma Hayek has been the proud dad or mum to a pet owl for a number of years. Round 2019, she responded to an advert about rescue owls after which started researching methods to take care of them. When she heard again concerning the adoptable owls, she determined to take residence Kering, a southern white-faced owl.

“I gave it to my husband as a Valentine’s current and named her Kering as a result of that’s the identify of his firm and their image of the owl,” she instructed Folks. “And he was like, ‘Properly, thanks, however I do know that is your individual current for your self.’”

She continued, “When my husband shouldn’t be on the town, she sleeps within the room with me. We now have sure routines earlier than we fall asleep. I watch TV with my iPad, and she or he likes to face on the iPad…[She’s often] on my head or my shoulder, my arms. Generally, when she is actually near me, I can really feel her rubbing towards me, which is very nice. And I really feel so blessed.”

Paris Hilton as soon as owned a kinkajou, a sort of small rainforest mammal. Whereas having the animal as a pet was controversial, Paris went to nice lengths to guard her. Though the state of California tried to cease her from proudly owning the unlawful pet, whom she named Child Luv, Paris someway managed to get a move from the federal government.

Paris owned the rambunctious animal for fairly a while — and in 2006, she was compelled to move to the hospital emergency room to obtain a tetanus shot when Child Luv by chance bit her whereas they had been enjoying. Regardless of the damage, Paris stored the animal, in addition to one other kinkajou she had gotten as a companion.

“I nonetheless have it. I’ve two of them at my ranch. It acquired a bit loopy one night time. Like ending up within the hospital loopy. It bit me! It bit my leg, and I believed it had rabies. So I stated, ‘We now have to determine if it has rabies, how can we try this?’ They usually stated, ‘We now have to chop its head open.’ I used to be like, ‘Properly is it going to reside?’ They usually stated, ‘No!’ So I used to be like, ‘Then we’re not doing that! I do not care if it has rabies or not!’” Paris recalled on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! “It did not have rabies, clearly, I’m right here immediately.”

Again in 2010, Leonardo DiCaprio took residence a brand new animal pal after attending the North American Reptile Breeders Convention and Commerce Present — a 10-year-old Sulcata tortoise. Based on TMZ, the turtle can reside to be 80 years outdated and might weigh as much as 200 kilos. Whereas Leo hasn’t spoken out concerning the animal, he more than likely nonetheless owns it given they’ll reside for therefore lengthy!

Rapper Tyga reportedly as soon as had his personal pet tiger nevertheless it ended up inflicting quite a lot of hassle. Again in 2014, Tyga was noticed posing with a cub at his Los Angeles residence — even though it’s unlawful to personal a tiger in California. Regulation enforcement had been contacted and Tyga virtually ended up going through misdemeanor expenses of possession of a prohibited species. Earlier than being charged, he gave the animal away to a non-public animal shelter, per TMZ, and authorities later took it to a state facility for safekeeping. The tiger now lives on the Lions, Tigers & Bears animal rescue.

Ice-T has had a very long time obsession with aquariums and at one level, he truly owned sharks. Within the early ’90s, the rapper and actor renovated his residence recording studio to incorporate an 8-foot-long and 3-foot-high baby-shark tank, in accordance with the LA Occasions. He stated he determined to purchase a shark throughout a visit to a pet retailer the place he was shopping for tropical fish and noticed a shark that had been bought by Nicolas Cage.

“As soon as individuals see the shark tank, all people appears to make higher music. You present the engineer that and say, ‘Let’s get this proper this time,’” he joked throughout a 2001 look on Late Evening with Conan O’Brien.

Whereas Ice-T not has a shark tank, he does nonetheless have an aquarium for fish in his residence.

Tracy Morgan is the proud proprietor of a large Pacific octopus named Bwyadette. Whereas the ocean creature was small when he took it residence, she grew bigger over time and he needed to improve her tank. In 2013, he appeared on the Animal Planet present Tanked, the place consultants helped construct a  2,700 gallon residence for Bwyadette, which price $400,000.

All through his life, Nicolas Cage has owned quite a few unique animals together with sharks, an octopus and a five-foot-long speckled Asian water monitor lizard. He even as soon as had two extremely venomous albino king cobras named Moby and Sheba. They had been stored locked up behind bulletproof glass and he needed to hold antivenom useful.

“In the event that they chew me, I received’t get bit, I’ve quarter-hour to reside so I’ve to get an antidote which is subsequent to the cage and simply plunge it in my knee and I’ll be alright. That’s not going to occur,” Nic stated on the Late Present with David Letterman. “I prefer to get in there with a glass of wine in my crimson leather-based chair and watch them watch me.”

Vanilla Ice as soon as owned a wallaroo, a cross between a wallaby and a kangaroo. He owned the Australian animal, named Bucky Buckaroo, for a few years till he acquired too massive to maintain on his property. He ended up relocating Bucky to a farm in Florida. At one level, Bucky and his BFF, a goat named Poncho, escaped the farm however after every week on the run, they safely had been introduced again residence.