1975 Press Photo Sports shop owner Jim Shirley's "guardcat" sits in window

"Beau" a 100-pound lion sits inside the Bullet Hole Sports Shop in Indianapolis where he is being trained as a "guardcat" to protect the guns and equipment. The owner, Jim Shirley says he feeds the young cat over 40 pounds of food a week so he is asking burglars to break in just to feed Beau. Shirley is attempting to train the cat. So far he will fetch a stick and use a kitty litter box. Shirley said it takes a lot of sand.

Photo is dated 1975.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.