Pros And Cons Of Keeping Exotic Animals

People who keep exotic animals as pets do not realize the danger they are putting on the animals or themselves. There have been around 2,000 incidents involving captive exotic pets that have been reported and 75 reported deaths between the years of 1990

Having exotic pets, which are naturally wild animals, are hazardous because they aren’t meant to be domesticated. A young exotic animal will not be a threat until it grows up and acts as a risk to the community and environment around it. “An adult animal is also likely to be aggressive and have more difficult behaviors than a baby, meaning that people adopt young exotic animals believing they will be as cuddly and friendly as they were when they got them, but they will grow and dangerous instincts will grow with them. Exotic animals are not domesticated animals.Even in captivity they are still wild animals. “A dog is an animal, but it is domesticated...exotic animals are

Owning exotic animals is both cruel to the animal its self and dangerous to those who care for the animals. Keeping exotic animals as pets is cruel. In the article Do You Really Want a Baby Tiger? by Mia Lewis the author states “The end result is that far too many of these exotic animals spend almost their entire lives in the ‘prison’ of a small cage.” Obviously, exotic animals are meant to be in environments that promote their natural behavior; forcing these animals to be locked up in a small pen

While domesticated pets like dogs and cats make good pets many people want to own exotic animals that belong in the wild. These animals range from tigers to pythons, but should not be owned as they need special care most people cannot provide. Not only this, but exotic animals release is harmful for everyone, the exotic animal, humans, and native animals. Lastly, many exotic animals carry diseases that are harmless to them, but fatal to humans. Exotic “pets” are harmful for everyone, not just the pet. This is why people should not be able to own exotic pets.

Have you ever seen exotic animals such as lions or tigers, and wondered what it would be like to own them? Ever wonder if regular people like you and I could have them as “pets?” While some think keeping exotic animals is perfectly acceptable, others like myself strongly disagree. Keeping exotic animals in regular households should not be accepted by modern day society because it is wrong putting those types of wild animals in an environment where they are not supposed to be. They can also be very violent and unpredictable. Therefore it would be much safer for them to be out in the wild where they belong.

Every child has asked their parents for a pet animal. The thing is though, is what type of animal they asked for. Such as a dog or cat and even the occasional hippopotamus for Christmas, right? Lots of people buy exotic animals not knowing how much work it really takes to take care of them. For example, many people have bought pythons and when they get to a size where they can’t keep care of them they let them go into the wild. Exotic animals are very costly and time consuming, they grow up and get bigger and all in all they are very dangerous.

How many people think it is okay to have an exotic animal as a pet? People do not care about the responsibilities that come with owning an exotic pet when they get a wild animal. There are many positives and negatives regarding owning exotic pets, but the negatives outweigh the positives greatly. Keeping these animals in captivity is not only harmful to others but harmful to the animal. When treated as pets these animals grow into adults and act aggressively to others around them, spread diseases, and enclosures cost a great amount and have to be created by professionals the majority of the time.

Exotic animals belong in the wild because the reason they are exotic is because they cannot be tamed like any other pet, and if they can’t be tamed, they can become a harm to the owner and to others that the animal feel threatened by. Injury and possibly death is likely to happen under such circumstances of the animals being neglected. Another reason why I believe that exotic animals do not belong under human captivity as pets is because it is harmful to the pets and the nature of them. Some animals need their families to survive and they also need to learn to hunt in order for them to survive. Once an exotic animal becomes the pet of someone, it becomes dependent which is unhealthy for the animal, especially if they are brought under captivity at such an early age. Owning exotic animals as keeping them as pets should be illegal is what I believe is right.

With regard to keeping a pet, any animal can be mistreated and could possibly be a danger to their owner, but exotic pets present some unique dangers to their owners in terms of creating some

For my research I will be focusing on exotic animals that are taken in as pets, both legally and illegally. I will be investigating the risks an exotic pet brings into a home. My central research question will be: Should exotic animals be kept as pets, even if they are a threat to society, and captivity is a threat to the survival of the species? It seems to me that if there are more cons to owning an exotic pet, the private ownership of such animals should be banned. They should be in the wild where they are free to be their natural selves.

Throughout humanity there has been an unstable number of exotic animals to the world. To the point of where people started thinking it would be smart to keep them as pets. For example, such as a snake, tiger, or a giraffe. Most people have common sense enough to know those types of animals are not meant to belong as a pet. But there are a few people who think differently.

The question of humanity arises every couple of years, on the topic - should exotic animals be allowed to be kept as pets. Is it humane for the beings who feel pain, give birth, take care of their young like human beings do to be behind bars? According to the National Geographic 66 percent of wild animals are owned privately while the 28 percent of the animals reside in the zoo. Some of the exotic animals can be found as pets rather than in the wild. The estimated number of Tigers kept as pets are between 5,000 and 7,000, which is more than the ones that exist in the wild. Interested buyers can purchase a tiger cheaper than some of the purebred dogs, for the price as shocking as 300 dollars. Though some states in the United States do allow wild animals as pets, it is still illegal in most states or require a license for it. Most of the animals as pets are through illegal routes like underground auctions and smuggling.

To start off with, exotic animals are dangerous for owners. The text “Wild Animals aren’t Pets” states, “In 2009, a 2-year-old Florida girl was strangled by a 12 foot long Burmese python, a family pet that had gotten out of its aquarium.” This tells us that wild animals can easily hurt us with one little slip up.

Albeit there are such confusions, here are some points about the pros and cons of keeping exotic pets.

If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to be clarified. Domesticated and wild or exotic animals are not as different as you might think. Saying "wild animals are dangerous" is completely illogical.Exotic animals are not equivalent to dangerous animals It is only that people are over generalising their fear of these animals, and they presume that they are threatening but actually they are not. People create general beliefs that exotic animals are animals such as lions, tigers, snakes and elephants due to misconceptions and other people’s beliefs, but actually exotic animals incorporate tarantulas, ferrets, parrots, hedgehogs, Kinkajous, reptiles and others. Consequently, if we support keeping birds, reptiles, or cats as pets, we have already partially support exotic pet