EXOTIC ANIMALS AS PETSAnd why we shouldn’t have them By Madi Schulz
Slain animals after the Zanesville massacre
3 Main Points
1. Promotes Illegal Trade of Wild Animals
2. Most normal people can’t take care of these animals properly
3. Owning an exotic pet can be very
Peter Getz, 32, before he was killed by a liger while he went in during feeding
“After decades of being an exotic-pet owner, Harrison went to Africa... Harrison gazed
upon these wild animals, and he says it was as if his eyes had been blistered shut and
were suddenly opened as he witnessed these mammals moving in such profound
harmony with their environment that you could hear it: a rhythm, a pulse, a roar. This,
Harrison suddenly realized, was how wild animals are supposed to live.” –National
geographic, April 2014
SOURCES: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BIG CAT RESCUE, PETA, ABC NEWS, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
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