Persuasive Essay On Exotic Pets

Brett Ross

Manley

Ela 12

5-18-14

Exotic Predators

“Keeping wild and exotic animals as pets threatens public health and safety as well as animal welfare. Wild animals can attack, they can spread disease, and the average pet owner cannot provide the care they need in captivity.”-quote from Wayne Pacelle Owning exotic animals is not an easy task. Several people purchase these species not thinking about how big they are going to get or how much they're going to eat. For example there are exotic snakes that can get well over 20 foot. People buy these snakes and other exotic pets as small “cute’’ pets well after a couple years they have a very large bodied predator. If you have large pets you're going to have to feed them large amounts of food. Lions and big predators are going to need meat. People need to think of the food expense and the overall cost of these pets before they just buy them on impulse. Exotic pets should be illegal in the United States of America.

First of all, exotic pets can be very

Some people even deliberate their pets as part of their family. But “health problems or the animal living longer than expected are among the most common reasons owners cite for needing to get rid of their exotic pet. People say it wouldn't br the same if it was a different pet. But often a new home for the animal proves elusive. Some dump them in the wild.” Barraco said. Instead of getting rid of their pets overall People could get a different pet. There is a wide variety of animals that anyone can get that’s not illegal. The only issue is that people will still own exotic pets even if they were banned. The solution to this is stop all sales, of course some people are still going to have them but it would definitely put a slow down on the amount in the united states of America. Exotic pets should not be allowed in the United States, people should own pets that are