Pros And Cons Of Having Exotic Animals

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Most people have been to a zoo and have seen all the exotic animals. Have they ever thought that the animals probably miss their home, their family at home, or want to roam around in the wild. Things like people dying from having exotic pets, animal abuse, and unfairness are all the problems in having exotic animals.

The first reason, is that people have died from their different pet eating them or strangling them. For example, In 2009, a 2-year-old girl was strangled to death by a 12 foot long Burmese Python a house pet that got out of its aquarium. What were the parents thinking having a python and a toddler in the same room. I can tell you that those parents probably got rid on the python and are not going to get another one. In another

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