Why is owning a cat or dog considered more acceptable than owning an exotic animal?
Cats and dogs have been domesticated for more than 10,000 years. There are far more resources to care for domesticated animals, such a veterinary clinics, animal shelters, educational materials, and licensing. Even with these resources, domestic pets still face many problems such as abuse, neglect, abandonment and some can be dangerous. Exotic pets have far less resources in society, are not domesticated and can be extremely dangerous, so why further the problems by allowing exotic animals to be kept as pets?
