Should Exotic Animals Be Banned In America?

Exotic animals, such as lions, tigers, and bears might seem like cute and cuddly pets at first, however, little do people know how dangerous and endangered these furry creatures truly are. In this case exotic means coming from foreign countries all over the world. The want for exotic animals in the United States and all across the globe is in very high demand. People are taking them from their natural habitats and putting them in a cage for the rest of their life. It is predicted that the demand will keep going up and animals will become more endangered, if nothing is done about it. Therefore, the ownership of exotic animals should be banned in America because it is dangerous to humans and they are mostly endangered. Although some disagree that they should be able to own any animal for various reasons.

If a exotic pet has a owner, the animal is a threat to any person it comes in contact with. From 2010 to 2015 in the

Not only the animals being owned but all the other animals in the wild, 19 species are predicted to go extinct by 2023, 8 of them is because of people owning exotic pets. Exotic pets are dieing because they are escaping from their cages and being killed by authorities. They are also dieing because they are committing suicide on themselves, this can happen when the animal gets so stressed of their daily life in a cage, there has been cases when animals hit themselves on the head using their cages wall. People buying exotic animals are not only affecting the animal (Pet) but are also affecting other animals in the wild. The food chains are collapsing, if an animal eats the animal that are barely in the wild because of people using them as exotic pets that wild animal might die because of the lack of food and and so on, therefore depopulating ecosystems. In the end this is a serious matter of animals going endangered and extinct that needs a