Why do animals like lions and tigers sometimes “forget” about their previous owners but dogs don’t have that instinct to kill them?

Question

Why do animals like lions and tigers sometimes “forget” about their previous owners but dogs don’t have that instinct to kill them?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Dogs are the product of thousands and thousands of years of breeding. The dogs that turned on their masters weren’t allowed to breed.

Lions and tigers and bears are still *wild* animals.