Haven't you figured out by now that the media and groups like PETA will do anything in their power to make "us" look bad? Not all of "us" are bad keepers. I've posted before that my "exotics" eat better than me.
Now, do I think everyone should be able to have lions and tigers as pets? Short answer, no. Should there be a license system to own those animals, yes.
Quite frankly people here in the good ok US of A are getting fed up with our government stepping in. We do have freedoms, that's why we fought the Revolutionary War. I understand that not everywhere in the world has those freedoms but you can't expect us to be happy about them regulating everything. Give something to someone for 250+ years and then just take it away...it won't be pretty.
All I'm asking is that you understand there are 2 sides and not all of us "yanks" are bad and horrible keepers.
I don't mean to sound crass in any way. And if I do, I'm apologizing right now.
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Did you even watch the documentary!?
It's about what happened when ONE man, ONE individual who had a grudge against his local council and committed suicide when his wife left him. That was the straw that broke the camels back in a long list of other issues that led to the suicide, but it's what he did immediately before he killed himself that is the tragedy.
He was the owner of over 50 exotic animals including lions, tigers, black bears, brown bears, jaguars, leopards and baboons.
Before he committed suicide he opened the gates to ALL his enclosures and cut holes in the fences so the animals couldn't be re-secured.
It was in a small town where his property backed onto the interstate highway and he was less than 2 miles from the centre of town and schools.
The story is about the tragedy of the police department having no choice but to put down all the animals that had escaped and WERE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT to the entire town. It was the last resort and they had no choice.
The awful, tearful testimony of the officers recounting having to kill these majestic creatures is something I will never forget. And something they will never forget because of ONE reckless persons selfish actions.
This happened in Zanesville, Ohio. One of seven US states that has almost ZERO laws when it comes to the keeping of exotic animals.
My point was that if US states had correct, informed and fair laws and legislations that this tragedy never would have happened as the animals could never have been put in that situation.
In the end they had to kill 6 black bears, 2 brown bears, 9 African lionesses, 8 male African lions and 18 tigers. They had no choice.
As one officer stated amid tears; "That day we killed the equivalent of 1% of India's wild tiger population."
It was NOT a PETA documentary, it was not funded by an animal welfare group, it was simply a documentary.
Tell me this is fine. Tell me your rights and liberties are being crushed by bringing in legislation to prevent incidences like this. I dare you.