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Originally Posted by epops  why would anyone feel the need to keep meerkats?plus like others dont see a meerkat cull going down to well if they escaped and bred like....... well meekats or like those pygmy hedgehogs breed they'll be the next thing people dont want any more what'll happen to those people really dont think when they buy these pets jeeez it makes me a tad cross to say the least sorry for rant folks |
Why do people keep dogs, cats or hamsters? Exotic pets are no different except some require a little more care, far more "normal pets" are mistreated and abandoned then exotics, and in the case of cats cause far more damage to native wildlife.
I myself have owned a fair few reptiles and marine fish and corals and see it as no ddifferent than keeping a cat or dog
Meerkats are readily available pets and many people own them, there's no need to worry about an invasion.