| Re: Invasive meerkats
<<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.>>
Well if you like to have exotic pets (so do I) it is fine, it looks you are somebody responsible. However we cannot close our eyes that there are lot of silly people out there that take an animal (it doesnt matter what, a cat, a dog, a tiger or a boa) only as an accesory for their houses and after few months of having them, they realise this extra care is too much and they abandon them in the wild wich represent suffering for the animal and also a potential danger for the ecosystems.
For example in USA, the boas were very popular and by one way they have become invasives because owners left them free in Florida and also there have been disgraces when the boa ate the neighbour's cat, dog or even a baby in the same family. And all this is the result of ignorance.
Attacking cats are most dangerous than exotics is non sense, here we are not discussing which exotic animal is causing more damages but the potential danger that some exotic might become invasives because of unresponsible owners (again not you).  |