Pros And Cons Of Private Exotic Animal Ownership

For many years private exotic pet owners and Animal Rights activists have argued about exotic animal ownership. Private owners of exotic animals are constantly under fire from animal rights activists and politicians who are mislead and uninformed about exotic animal ownership. Human casualties, expenses, and cruel and unusual treatment of theses animals are often brought up against these owners. However, these couldn't be further from the truth. Often times the issue of human casualties is brought to the table with politicians saying that they are afraid that these animals will get loose and harm the people around them. This is another example of uninformed people. “ In the last 10-16 years, 1.5 people on average get killed yearly by captive reptiles, 1 by captive big cat, 0.81 by captive elephant, 0.125 by captive bear and 0 by non-human primate,” reports Zuzana Kukol (REXANO co-founder). THis shows that human casualty cannot be taken into account and the deaths that did happen were a majority to the owners and trainers of these animals who were there by will. …show more content…
If these animals are expensive than it is the owners choice to keep these animals, we say cars are expensive but we still buy fancy cars and drive them around. Mia Lewis states in Do You Really want a Baby Tiger?, “If keeping a dog or cat can be time consuming and costly, that’s nothing compared to looking after an adult lion or chimpanzee.” So if someone has the money to keep an exotic animal let them do so, there are already laws to regulate enclosures and safety of the