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My feelings on the keeping of exotic cats as pets is made clear in this week's article:

Big Cats as Pets - a bad idea

What do you think? Many people argue that they are providing proper homes for these animals, or that they are helping to save a species by breeding and raising these animals for the pet trade. At present there is no federal legislation concerning the keeping of exotic predators as pets, although many states outlaw it and it is illegal for private individuals to transport such animals across state lines for sale or breeding purposes.

Still, the trade in exotic pets is getting larger every day, and is extremely lucrative - some estimate that illegal trafficking in wildlife is second only to drug trafficking in profitability.

Next week's article will address this issue from the standpoint of public safety, but for now, let's talk about the humane aspect of it - is it okay to keep this kind of animal as a pet, as long as it hasn't been taken from the wild?


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I agree with your article totally! There would be no trade in exotic animals if people didn't buy them, usually for self-serving reasons. It doesn't matter if a large exotic animal was born in captivity, it still has the genes and the instincts of a wild animal, so even if it is hand raised with lots of love and attention when it becomes sexually mature it wants to find a mate and raise a family, and the human "parent" is just in the way. To successfully breed them requires an investment of time, money and space that few people have available.

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My new article Maulings by 'pet' big cats addresses the public safety side of this issue.


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