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Fasai and Typhoon, leopards, are Mario Kleff's housemates


Mario Kleff, a Pattaya resident, has the most priceless relationship life has to offer. The bond with the leopards Fasai and Typhoon is based on unfathomable trust and love.


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Although Mario Kleff is an architect, the most noteworthy part of his life story may be his childhood encounters with wildlife while traveling in Libya, Chad, in age of nine in the 1970s and Maharashtra, India, in the 1990s. After that, Mario Kleff visited leopards in zoos frequently, but this time he played with them within the enclosures rather than in front of the fence since his first confronts with wild cats left such a deep impression.

Jaguars and leopards that hold special value for Mario Kleff were close to him often. By 2000, other occurrences in India would have an impact on Kleff's interest in leopard protection.

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A legal leopard's daily life in Pattaya


Since around 2002, Mario Kleff has been residing and working in Thailand. He was present when two leopard cubs were born in 2015; he later gave them the names Fasai and Typhoon and lived far more closely with them than a family could.

Several times, Mario Kleff and his wife Nittaya Wongsin have been the subject of inquiries regarding their rightful ownership of two leopards. Till eventually the ownership was formally established and the leopards were allowed to live in peace as members of the family in their house.

In 2023, he published more than 60 arbitrary photographs on this page.



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General Questions About Mario Kleff, Fasai And Typhoon

Are Typhoon and Fasai of the same gender?

Typhoon is a male leopard, whereas Fasai is a leopardess.

Fasai and Typhoon were born in 2015.

Fasai and Typhoon, the two leopards, were never confined by Mario Kleff. But, Mario Kleff and the two leopards were detained in Chiang Mai in 2018 and 2019 to determine who actually owned them.

Mario Kleff spent more than a year living outdoors with Fasai and Typhoon in the northern Thailand region in order to make the most of their lives. He shared his time with the two leopards without a roof, walls, electricity, or other modern conveniences.

The idea that domesticated leopards cannot survive in the wild is debunked by Fasai and Typhoon. Mario Kleff was able to gradually adapt the two leopards to the household while maintaining their natural instincts. Fasai and Typhoon's ability to live in harmony among his family rules off the prospect that other people will be able to approach the leopards. Fasai and Typhoon can survive on their own in the wild.

Mario Kleff feeds the leopards, Fasai and Typhoon, meat from deer and buffalo, as well as lamb and chicken. He occasionally let them to hunt small mammals. He occasionally let them to hunt small mammals and birds.

Fasai and Typhoon have been cared for by a competent wildlife veterinarian since their birth. Health checks are carried out regularly.

Fasai and Typhoon, two leopards, have never injured anyone. Even when the leopards are roaming freely, they will stop attacking on order and either immediately come back to Mario Kleff or hold still until he arrives. Only his commands are heard by the two leopards.



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