Did you know that ten thousand to fifteen thousand exotic animals are pets?

That is a lot of exotic animals that are pets in peoples homes. Most of those animals are not very happy because they are not in their natural environment where they are supposed to be. Exotic animal should not be pets they are wild animals. People are careless and do not always pay attention so then people et hurt or the animal ets killed because of peoples carelessness. Exotic animal owner from !hio named Terry Thompson had sixty two exotic animals. "e had some money trouble from bein in prison and other thin s. #o before he committed suicide he released all fifty six of his animals. The police had to kill forty nine of the animals released. They could only save six of the animals and one of the animals was eaten before it was released. $n Texas a four year boy was curious of his uncles pet in the backyard% so he went to o see it. "e reached inside the box&ca e it was in and to find it was a four hundred pound ti er. The ti er rabbed the arm and basically ripped the boys arm off '(i )ats*. $t took nine hours for the sur eons to reattach his arm '(i )ats*. +uckily for the boy he survived the attack but that doesnt chan e the fact the owner should have been more careful because it could have been prevented. ,ext exotic animals are wild and do not ad-ust well to bein a pet. Exotic animals re.uire special care% diet% housin % maintenance% and do not make ood companions 'Dan er*. They are a hu e health risk because some carry diseases like "erpes (% Monkey pox% and salmonellosis. Most people try to chan e what the animals does rather than -ust ivin it what it needs. #uch tactics include confinement in small barren enclosures% chainin % beatin into submission% or even painful mutilations like declawin and tooth removal 'Dan er*. The animals are dan ers to everyone who comes in

contact because you dont know if the animal will attack or if it is carryin any diseases. Even thou h they may be small cute and adorable when they are youn and small they will row up and even thou h they could be the friendliness animal they could still attack. /lthou h there are some states that are tryin to pass laws and some states that do have laws. $n !hio they are tryin to pass a bill for exotic animals makin it stricter. The bill really started bein talked about after what happen with Terry Thompson. The new proposed bill would ban new ownership of exotic animals but allow people who already to keep them and have insurance '0reen*. !ther thin s people mi ht have to do is pay a fee that ran es up to one hundred and five hundred dollars. People who have exotic pets do not like the bill because that means they have to pay extra when they probably could -ust take care of the animals. The state is still havin several hearin and nothin has been decided yet. There are also three federal laws that have to deal with exotic animals. The first law is the Endan ered #pecies /ct is it is ille al to posses% sell or buy an endan ered species re ardless if its on the internet or not 'Dan er*. The Public "ealth #ervice /ct (ans non human primate and their youn except for educational% scientific% or if it is oin to a 1oo. The +acey /ct allows the overnment to prosecute someone who ot an exotic animal in a forei n country or state. (oth the Endan ered #pecies /ct and the +acey /ct do not include people privately owned exotic animals. The states are allowed to have there own laws about private animals if they want to. Thirteen states ban private possession of exotic animals like bi cats and other dan erous animals 'Dan er*. #even states includin Michi an

ban some exotic animals. 2ourteen states re.uire havin a permit to have exotic pets. There are not any local laws that say anythin about exotic animals. !n the other hand a lot of people would disa ree and say yes we should have exotic pets. They would say you could train them take all necessary caution be careful that they do not et out. Make sure that they had enou h money to take care of the animal. /ll of that is true but if you have and unplanned expense like maybe you ot into a car accident and had to pay medical bills. Then you mi ht not have enou h money% then what you now have an exotic pet you cant take care of and then it starts ettin less food the ca e not as nice a little dirtier. Then you have an unhappy exotic pet% and then if you are careless one ni ht then somebody could et hurt or even killed. People mi ht say take it to a 1oo then if you cant afford it and yes that is a ood option not everybody thinks of that because they cant bare to see they pet leave and so they -ust release it into the wild where it dies anyway because it cant take care of themselves. 3ild animal should not be pets. 4ou have accident that happen the animals do not ad-ust well to bein a pet. 3e need to make sure that all wild animals either stay wild are in 1oos where there at least in their environment. They are not happy in homes people mistreat them and they need to be in the wild where they belon .