Well, it looks like there are at least 40,000 uniformed/stupid/crazy people (hopefully mostly uninformed) out there: Animals Petition: Gov. John Kasich: Ban the sale, ownership, and harboring of wild and exotic animals in Ohio.
The Ohio situation. Read- this may effect us all
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I think many of the people that think the way you do are negating the honest to goodness benefits of private pet ownership and how the trade of many exotic animals has actually helps preserve and bolster their populations!!! Just look at the Asian arrow had it not been bread in captivity it might have died out entirely and same goes for pandas, even for large and extreme exotic animals. I would also sight that neglectful pet ownership on the part of this individual was visibly apparent and that the state should have intervened a long long long time ago. This isn't a case of well look no one should have dangerous pets, there are more attacks on people every year by dogs, both "domestic" and feral than there are by exotic animals. Using bad pet owners as justification to punish good pet owners is pure madness(sighting the tanks debacle).
If any pet owner is violation of the natural order than every pet owner is in violation of the natural order, NO EXCEPTION. Thinking there is a legitimate difference between a cat and a camel, or a lion and a beta is discounting a great many things. Good stewardship is good stewardship, same for bad... The abstract reality is there is no more "WILD" as you call it we have colonized nearly all the earth with only the deserts being the last refuge for anything resembling "wild life" There is only rural and suburban! Sorry. If we don't keep many of these "Exotic" animals they will disappear forever. Its the honest to goodness truth. Restricting the ownership of such animals to academic and commercial use negates the role any one of us can play in the future of our own natural world.
I'm not for Free trade of dangerous animals FYI but I'm not for the ban on it either. If ohio had stood to do its job as a governing body and police this guy with the laws it had this probably could have been prevented.
Can't say I disagree with their stance. The exploitation of these exotic animals for our own personal enjoyment is sickening. The world would be a better place without zoos and circuses. Keeping certain animals caged up in these conditions is not right. I don't understand why humans feel the need to cage, own, dominate and display every living thing on this planet as if it were a toy.
all im gonna say is its Total BS ohio didnt have the vets with the skills needed for tranq. You mean to tell me they dont tranq and move bears deers coyotes wolves exc in ohio they had the people they were to lazy to fly them in on a chopper
Obviously you don't keep ANY animals then right? Your sig says otherwise... open your damn eyes and stop being a hypocrite.
To quote someone who said it perfectly about tranqs.....
"getting annoyed with everyone and their overly emotional attitude towards the loose animal scenario. I hate what happened every bit as much as anyone else, but seriously people, get serious. The Sheriff's office made the right call in what they did. Period. They should NOT have to be trained to deal with exotic animal issues. If you want them trained, then you have to get the government involved. But, exotic keepers don't like that option, do they? Of course not. The reality is, Tranquilization was not a feasible alternative. If they were STILL enclosed, then that would be one thing. Once they are loose from the confines of their enclosure, regardless of how pitiful they might be...they will become an entirely different animal, pumped with adrenaline and tranquilization might not be effective...if nothing else, it COULD make it worse and result in the animal making a mad dash for it before it finally slows down (no telling when) later. Who knows how far it could go and who it could harm shortly thereafter. The situation sucks, but the right calls were made."
Hsus ultimate goal is the same as peta, they are just more sneaky about it. These people want even domestic and farm animals to go extinct. Also think about as bad as our economy is it would be a bad idea to eliminate all the jobs brought from the pet industry. As pet owners we need to support each other not say how appaling it is for someone else to keep something in a cage while I keep something else in a glass box
If you don't have the mental capacity to see the difference between keeping a 8" fish in a large aquarium, and keeping a damn bear or a tiger, then there's no point in even addressing your comment.
If you really think about it then MOST people who buy an RTC or a Pacu have no business owning them and can't take care of them properly and the fish suffers greatly for it. We also know that there are a lot of people here who keep them responsibly and look out for the well being of their pets. The same can be said for most exotic species out there. 99% of the owners give the 1% who does it right a bad name.
To throw one group of animal keepers under the bus, so to speak, only weakens the numbers for keeping animals. It is much easier to ban further groups of animals once one segment of animal keepers is extinguished. It's the same logic as some of those who keep large constrictors advocating for banning the keeping of venomous reptiles; those supporters will be the next to come under fire for keeping those snakes as pets and suddenly find themselves in the same position as the the people who just had their pets banned except with less support for letting them continue to keep their pets.
It's also worth noting that the private propagation of certain species takes a lot of pressure (financial and otherwise) off of zoos and other institutions when it comes to breeding animals for reintroduction in the wild. A ban on keeping wild and exotic animals would only serve to hurt the reintroduction efforts that are being perpetuated by responsible private individuals, zoos, and other organizations.
Regulation is the correct answer rather than a blanket ban.
It's also worth noting that the private propagation of certain species takes a lot of pressure (financial and otherwise) off of zoos and other institutions when it comes to breeding animals for reintroduction in the wild. A ban on keeping wild and exotic animals would only serve to hurt the reintroduction efforts that are being perpetuated by responsible private individuals, zoos, and other organizations.
Regulation is the correct answer rather than a blanket ban.
