September 8, 2018octoberspiritLeave a Comment on You’d never see someone put a harness on a lion or a tiger and walk it around to educational presentations, but it’s fairly common for cheetahs in zoos and the like. Why is this, when protected contact is so stringently enforced around the other big cats? I have no doubt a cheetah could easily kill a human, probably without even trying. You’d never see someone put a harness on a lion or a tiger and walk it around to educational presentations, but it’s fairly common for cheetahs in zoos and the like. Why is this, when protected contact is so stringently enforced around the other big cats? I have no doubt a cheetah could easily kill a human, probably without even trying.