Pre-Benchmark Essay Rough Draft
Imagine if you were a slave and if you were not acting as your owner wanted they pulled out teeth and fingernails.That's the reality for exotic pets in our present day.
There is somewhere over a million exotic animals in the U.S. only a few thousands are in zoos.
When I say exotic I mean animals from other countries, mostly wild. Such animals would be tigers, lions and other big cats. Or other animals from other countries like a platypus from Australia, or a lemur from Madagascar. Or animals from other environments like taking a polar bear and putting it down in Kansas.
There is very flexible laws in place on owning exotic animals. The laws there are made to protect people, but show no intention to help these …show more content…
Wolverines are animals who have a large territory and need space to roam, but in most cases their owner would contain them to certain space, which would be a prison to this animal. Some animals like penguins need a certain climate to survive and most people who buy exotic pets like this don’t live in the proper climates for these creatures. Keeping exotic animals in petting zoos can harm them terribly. Most people would think that having animals to pet is just a great thing, but it can be very dangerous for these animals. According to PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) ,some animals might lash out at touch, some might get to anxious or too stressed over the handling from people and can lead them to health issues, such as depression or they could end up insane or …show more content…
But, when most are bought and taken they are in a different environment than they are used to. Such as African wild cats have became big to deal with big prey, but here in America we have smaller prey and smaller cats. They would able to kill anything out there. And without any predators they would be able to breed and destroy our entire ecosystem. Some species are killers of giant prey so it's harder for them to get prey in their environments, but put them in one where they're not used to they prey will not have adaptations to combat the predators. It’s a wonder that when Europe had better laws on keeping big cats and owners released them in the wild, how those areas did not get destroyed by the territorial and giant cats. However there is still sightings of gigantic felines in Europe to this day, so much that during 1979 through 1983 British marines were called in. Also in the town of Zanesville, Ohio, Terry Thompson owner of Muskingum County Animal Farm, which holds over fifty exotic animals known to be classified as big game animals. These animals included tigers, wolves, bears, and lions. Terry one day decided to throw open the doors to all the cages for the animals and then he killed himself. Officers who arrived onscene were given the unfortunate decision, to either let the animals escape and wreak havoc or gun them down so they can’t escape. Only six animals were saved from this deadly encounter. Even
Imagine if you were a slave and if you were not acting as your owner wanted they pulled out teeth and fingernails.That's the reality for exotic pets in our present day.
There is somewhere over a million exotic animals in the U.S. only a few thousands are in zoos.
When I say exotic I mean animals from other countries, mostly wild. Such animals would be tigers, lions and other big cats. Or other animals from other countries like a platypus from Australia, or a lemur from Madagascar. Or animals from other environments like taking a polar bear and putting it down in Kansas.
There is very flexible laws in place on owning exotic animals. The laws there are made to protect people, but show no intention to help these …show more content…
Wolverines are animals who have a large territory and need space to roam, but in most cases their owner would contain them to certain space, which would be a prison to this animal. Some animals like penguins need a certain climate to survive and most people who buy exotic pets like this don’t live in the proper climates for these creatures. Keeping exotic animals in petting zoos can harm them terribly. Most people would think that having animals to pet is just a great thing, but it can be very dangerous for these animals. According to PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) ,some animals might lash out at touch, some might get to anxious or too stressed over the handling from people and can lead them to health issues, such as depression or they could end up insane or …show more content…
But, when most are bought and taken they are in a different environment than they are used to. Such as African wild cats have became big to deal with big prey, but here in America we have smaller prey and smaller cats. They would able to kill anything out there. And without any predators they would be able to breed and destroy our entire ecosystem. Some species are killers of giant prey so it's harder for them to get prey in their environments, but put them in one where they're not used to they prey will not have adaptations to combat the predators. It’s a wonder that when Europe had better laws on keeping big cats and owners released them in the wild, how those areas did not get destroyed by the territorial and giant cats. However there is still sightings of gigantic felines in Europe to this day, so much that during 1979 through 1983 British marines were called in. Also in the town of Zanesville, Ohio, Terry Thompson owner of Muskingum County Animal Farm, which holds over fifty exotic animals known to be classified as big game animals. These animals included tigers, wolves, bears, and lions. Terry one day decided to throw open the doors to all the cages for the animals and then he killed himself. Officers who arrived onscene were given the unfortunate decision, to either let the animals escape and wreak havoc or gun them down so they can’t escape. Only six animals were saved from this deadly encounter. Even