Should some animals be illegal in the U.S.?

Kinda, kinda not, i mean should they just be illegal in the U.S..... ya that was what i ment, pet wise, ya that makes more sense, so just should they or not?

yes i agree with the whole poisonous factor, but i mean the animals that aren't endangered or poisonous or harful to our ecosystem....

 

Those are really the only reasons for an animal to be illegal here in the first place...

 

Ya i guess, but what about zoos? Aren't they allowed to keep some animals that aren't allowed in the U.S.?

 

They are, but that's different; zoos are, among other things, tourist attractions, moneymakers for the cities they are in, and, animal researchers frequently go to zoos to observe the animals without actually having to go to say... Africa, or Asia to see them. Most zoos are perfectly legit. Some, of course, are in such bad shape that it's almost cruel to keep animals in them, but they generally don't last long.

 

Oh okay, i was just wondering.... i knew that they use the animals to research, but i just had a really really blonde moment there, and yes i am blonde......

 

If a woman wants a chimpanzee, I don't think the law will be any concern to her. Thus, making something illegal does not stop it.
Not saying having a lion should be legal, just saying it wouldn't make a difference.

 

Yea, especially with the current economy, the closer you can stay to home to observe animals the better. Up where I go to college (Appalachian State), the government has put a total freeze on all state school budgets. Meaning, no new money requests, no new unnecessary expenses, and no out of state trips will be authorized by the state. Hell, our school can't even buy new printer paper! The only reason the field school I am going to in the summer is happening is because it was approved before the freeze. So, the more zoos have exotic animals, the better it is for researchers right now.

The law may not concern her, but common sense should. A chimpanzee could easily throw her across a room and snap her neck like a toothpick. A lion (lol) could disembowel her with ease (isn't that what happened to Sigfried and Roy? or one of them?). Many animals are just too dangerous to be kept as pets. There are even plants that are too poisonous, IMO, though I can't remember their names right now.

 

yes, some animals should be illegal in the US.

because sometimes when animals are introduced to places where they are not native, there can be some drastic effects:
the non-native animal could probably destroy the habitat, cause problems for peole living there; like destroying property, killing or injuring people and/or pets, or even hurt/destroy the enviornment in that area if it was let free.

so i think that animals should stay in their own habitats,enviornments, ecosystems, and left alone there.

 

I think endangered species should be not in the hands of regular folks, and also some exotic animals. In the end, these should only be allowed to be handled by those who are specifically trained to dealing with them. Having said that, I think some animal handlers with experience should not be denied to have an exotic animal so long as they have the proper way of taking care of it and that it cannot escape from its surroundings, just as a zoo has.

If someone wants an exotic 'dangerous' animal, I feel as it is in quite a few places, that there should be a mandatory course that these people go through. That way they know what to do if the animal is sick, how to take care of tempers of animals and to tell if something bad could happen ahead of time. In most cases, animals are pretty up front with their moods, and though accidents can happen, most are avoided by just reading the animal the right way and if the animal is not well, it needs care right away. I don't feel that anyone should just be able to go get an exotic animal because people do not tend to realize these animals are not 'domesticated' like a dog or cat would be, from centuries of domestication processes. But with the right people, these animals seem for the most part to be fine.

Endangered species animals though, I feel should not be permitted but to certified animal handlers and even then, they should not be able to just get them because they are on sale. If animals in the wild are abandoned and found, then sure, I see nothing wrong with someone certified getting the animal, but sales of endangered species animals should be documented and as such, be allowed to a program for breeding and such, so as to help make more of them that could be introduced to the wild again with the occasional one being let to another owner. I don't think endangered species should be sold otherwise since it encourages idiots in other countries to go out and kill parents and such to get their children so they can sell them on the black market. If all endangered species animals were listed in this way it could be a boon to the system and stop poaching and other nasty habits and can help replenish numbers, albeit slowly. Also, in the right hands, the animal will lead a better life. Some animal activists are against humans taking in animals that are abandoned or attempted to be killed by their kind, but I think that's rather silly. I remember all the stupidity over a polar bear cub by animal activists saying it should have been let to die, and I know if I had found it, I would have tried to find it help and kept it alive too.

 

Maybe because there has been animal attacks on people lately.