Old thread but I'll add my 2 cents.
I worked at a really crappy small zoo for a summer a few years ago. I ended up with a few feats from there.
I literally summoned a lioness. On a hot day with a bunch of people standing around trying to get a better view of the two lions who were at the back of their pen in the shade I called the female's name and she actually came over towards me, rolled I her back, and started playing with one of her paws. This is an adult lion that I had not interacted with physically at all. I would chat with her when I passed her enclosure but that was it. I became an amateur "lion whisperer" in a few short months.
A feat more combat/action oriented: at this particular zoo the main attraction is coming into a small pen and getting to pet whatever cubs had recently been born or purchased by the zoo. I was participating as a handler/photographer (nothing fancy, just simple pics of folks hanging with cubs). We were showing tiger cubs, a brother and sister, one at a time. The brother was super chill. The sister, not so much. To keep the cubs focused we used rawhide sticks and sometimes stuffed animals. As long as you held on to the rawhide stick it was yours. But not the stuffed animals. The sister got toy aggressive on several occasions. Now when I say "cub" I mean a 6 month old tiger larger than your average pitbull (about 50 or 60 lbs). I have, on more than one occasion snatched a toy out of the mouth of a tiger gone primal. I have a scar on my left arm from a not completely successful dodge (I don't have any durability feats, lol).
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