Majestic Puma Rescued From The Zoo Lives As A Spoiled House Cat

Mariya and Aleksandr Dmitriev share a one-bedroom apartment with an odd pet animal – Messi. No not the star himself, but his namesake – a 90lb puma. The Russian couple first spotted Messi at the Saransk Zoo in Penza when he was just eight-months-old and they decided to take a shot and have him.

But the couple believes that he would not survive alongside other animals as he has never lived alone in the wild. "Of course it's quite dangerous having such a large cat at home, but Messi is a special animal," Mariya told the Mirror.