Wild Animals Aren T Pets Essay

After reading Wild Animals Aren’t Pets and Let People Own Exotic Animals, the question that asks, should exotic animals be considered pets is finally answered. Exotic animals should not be considered pets. These animals if not kept right are too dangerous to be a pet of anyone, on the other hand people believe the animals are not dangerous if kept with responsible private ownerships, and finally people aren’t only the ones getting hurt, the animals are too.

Throughout the article, Wild Animals Aren’t Pets, you learn that many people have been hurt from exotic pets. According to the text, “In 2009, a 2-year-old Florida girl was strangled by 12-foot-long Burmese python, a family pet that had gotten out of its aquarium.” This shows the danger

of both little kids and adults with keeping exotic pet in their house causing great harm to them, family, and friends. The author wrote, “Last year, a caretaker was mauled to death by a bear owned by Cleveland collector.” This shows even exotic animal collector can’t keep their animals in a safe environment to not attack people. Throughout reading this paragraph of how dangerous exotic animals can be really shows the danger people face when they keep the wild animals as pets.
On the opposite side many people believe “responsible private ownership of exotic animals should be legal if animal welfare is taken care of.” This is not true many people that are not responsible or fit for owning an exotic pet still find a way to own such a dangerous pet.

For example Terry Thompson, he had a criminal record and animal abuse charges, but yet he found a way to own lions, tigers, and bear. According to Wild Animals Aren’t Pets, “... Terry Thompson opened the cages on his Zanesville farm, springing dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and other wild creatures before killing himself.” This shows the great act of danger a owner of exotic animals can do when setting his animals free. Thompson was not fit for the role of ownership of wild animals, but many others aren’t fit of the role and have exotic animals too.

Although many people are hurt and killed from wild animals that are kept as pets. But the animals suffer from hurt they receive from their owner. In paragraph 6 of ,Wild Animals Aren’t Pets, the author talks about how dangerous the wild animals are but also talks about the dangers of the animals being hurt. “This week in Zanesville, it was the animals themselves including 18 rare Bengal tigers, who became innocent victims.” This shows the owners of the rare tigers began abusing their animals. People are not the only ones getting

hurt.
In conclusion, wild animals should not be kept as pets from them being too dangerous. People on the opposite side think if only certain people have the animals, but their is always a way for people to find a way to get what they want. And the animals are also suffering from the abuse they get from the owners. Wild animals aren’t meant to be “pet”.