Not particularly, occasionally hauled stuff in it, wood and metal, but not just thrown in. The rough terrain and being monitored by veterinarian crew figure in.
Do lion claws retract like domestic cats?
Google supplies contradicting answers, between 'retractable' and 'protractable'. So they can, but the tendons etc aren't equivalent.
https://www.google.com/search?client...estic+cats%3F+