1. EXOTIC ANIMALS AS PETS
And why we shouldn’t have them By Madi Schulz
Slain animals after the Zanesville massacre
Peter Getz, 32, before he was killed by a
liger while he went in during feeding
3 Main Points
1. Promotes Illegal
Trade of Wild
Animals
2. Most normal
people can’t take
care of these
animals properly
3. Owning an
exotic pet can be
very dangerous
“After decades of being an exotic-pet owner, Harrison went to Africa... Harrison gazed upon
these wild animals, and he says it was as if his eyes had been blistered shut and were
suddenly opened as he witnessed these mammals moving in such profound harmony with their
environment that you could hear it: a rhythm, a pulse, a roar. This, Harrison suddenly
realized, was how wild animals are supposed to live.” –National geographic, April 2014
SOURCES: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BIG CAT RESCUE, PETA, ABC NEWS, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
